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San Leandro (CA) Surgery Center typically experienced one or two patient falls a year, so managers were shocked when three falls occurred in a three-month period in early 2006.
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When she read the news stories and alerts from Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations about fake surveyors, Suzanne L. Broome, RN, center director of Blue Ridge Surgery Center in Seneca, SC, instructed her staff to be sure to check the identification of anyone who claimed to be a surveyor.
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Updated guidelines for all medical and dental practitioners regarding the monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation have been developed jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.
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The biggest challenge for outpatient centers is having the anesthesiologists, anesthetists, sedation nurses, circulating nurses, and post-anesthesia care nurses who have the knowledge and experience to care for sedated pediatric patients, says Randall M. Clark, MD, chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists' (ASA's) Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia.
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A good competency assessment program for an outpatient surgery program should encompass skills that relate to each employee's job and specific patient populations served and should apply to all employees, according to experts interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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A total of 113 cases of toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) were evaluated by the TASS task force set up by the Fairfax, VA-based American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) since the increased incidence of TASS that began in early 2006.
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One way to make sure your outpatient surgery program is covering all of its bases to prevent patient falls is to carefully review accreditation standards and National Safety Patient Goals, says Jeanne Linda, RHIT, CPMSM, CPHQ, director of medical staff services and quality review at San Leandro (CA) Surgery Center.
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The board of directors of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) recently adopted revisions to its standards. Changes include:
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Hospital case managers and social workers are in a perfect position to help patients and family members come to terms with end-of-life decisions before they are in a crisis situation, asserts Catherine M. Mullahy, RN, BS, CRRN, CCM.
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Failure to adequately prepare for the advent of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) will have a significant impact on provider reimbursement, says Beth Keith, CHAM, senior management consultant for ACS Healthcare Solutions.
