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In keeping with our service-oriented mission and our core value of excellence, Providence Health System has made significant investments in people and training,...
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An emergency preparedness platform that will allow hospitals throughout the state to communicate in the event of a disaster or public emergency is being launched by the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) ...
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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has issued a guide describing how community, state, and federal health care planners can establish temporary facilities,...
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) has told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that hospitals should have a contingency period of at least three years after a final rule ...
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A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge by patient advocacy groups to a rule promulgated under HIPAA that eased a prior regulation to permit heatlh care entities ...
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Access directors at two facilities recently visited by surveyors from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) reported little or no contact with surveyors, and an overall experience that was decidedly different from previous visits.
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Two years into using the "tracer methodology" of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) to survey accredited facilities, the agency is receiving "a constant stream" of positive feedback, says Joe Cappiello, BSN, MA, vice president, field operations, for the Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based organization.
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At the busy Massachusetts General Hospital emergency department, which sees between 200 and 250 patients a day, case manager Peter Moran, RNC, BSN, MS, CCM, says his focus is always on these questions: Why is the patient here? Why is the patient being admitted? What needs to be done, and is there a possibility it can be done in a [less acute] setting?
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While nine out of 10 hospitals are using or considering using health information technology for clinical uses, most cite cost as a major impediment to broader adoption, especially for small or rural hospitals, according to a recent survey by the American Hospital Association (AHA).
