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patient flow standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) ...
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With eight design teams set to participate in a wide-ranging revenue cycle initiative at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center in Little Rock, ...
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Each team participating in the ELVIS Project at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center will have a charter defining the team's mission, scope of operation, objectives, and time frames.
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In implementing self-service kiosks, the first of two Providence Health System initiatives aimed at improving revenue cycle and patient satisfaction scores, ...
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it will establish a stronger set of communications capabilities to ensure timely and accurate awareness of conditions and events unfolding during a disaster, ...
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Health care organizations used to mention "re-engineering" expertise as they sought individuals to fill upper-level management positions, but now the operative word is "innovation," says Dee Hartung, vice president in the executive search division of St. Louis-based Cejka Search.
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The sixth in a planned series of seven HIPAA security rule educational papers deals with risk analysis and risk management. The rule's security management process standard has four required implementation specifications, including risk analysis and risk management.
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A Computerworld survey of information technology managers and analysts found that five months after HIPAA's data security rules took effect, many health care companies still are not fully compliant with them. Those interviewed said technology, process, and budgetary issues delayed compliance efforts, along with what was seen as a weak enforcement component that has led many health care organizations to believe they could take a wait-and-see attitude toward the rules.
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A computerized "patient tracker" developed in-house at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock is being put to particularly effective use at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy (MIRT), where patients move back and forth among different treatment areas during extended stays.
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A step-by-step guide for small, rural, and suburban communities to prepare for and successfully respond to major local and regional emergencies has been issued by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
