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In a move that may become more common in the near future, a hospital in Salisbury, NC, is issuing its own quality report cards to show its community how well it fares in meeting national standards for patient care.
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Careful yearly planning always has been the key to effective survey preparation, and much of what you should do is independent of how soon you will be surveyed. The move to unannounced surveys will make it even more important to plan compliance activities throughout the calendar year.
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Responding to the potential for new terrorist attacks in the United States, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has issued a report warning of a brewing cataclysm of underfunding, inexperience, and unpreparedness of emergency response capabilities across America.
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The upcoming switch to unannounced surveys by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will require a dramatic change in how you prepare for the visit, experts say.
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Case manager interventions can benefit patients who are dealing with chronic conditions, a member of an advisory board working to improve health care says.
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Before you start your outcomes measuring program, you need to decide what youre going to track and how youre going to document your savings.
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Todays case managers need to understand outcomes and track them in order to prove that their interventions have value, says Mary Jane McKendry, RN, CCM, MBA, director of education, training and consulting for McKesson and is president-elect of the Case Management Society of New England in Hampstead, NH.
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When members call a nurse triage line about a health problem, theyre at a teachable moment when they are receptive to taking action about their conditions, Kevin Maher, RN says.
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Patients with traumatic brain injuries are turning to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies to supplement conventional medical care, but the majority is not discussing it with their physicians, a new study has concluded.