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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, recently presented the Ernest A. Codman Award, which recognizes excellence in the use of outcomes measurement by health care organizations to achieve improvements in the quality and safety of health care, to Childrens Hospital and Health Center in San Diego.
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A comparison of nurses needs/concerns and hospital disaster plans following Floridas Hurricane Floyd.
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Here is the service guarantee offered by the emergency department at Dearborn, MI-based Oakwood Hospital Medical Center.
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Here is a scenario used for a tabletop evacuation drill at Northwest Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL.
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The purpose of this policy from Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL, is to provide direction for implementing the highest level of campus security while appropriately allocating resources to accommodate critical needs in the face of an overwhelming catastrophic event.
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When the FBI disseminated a statement to medical centers in four cities warning of a potential terrorist attack in mid-December, emergency department managers reacted decisively to implement effective security measures. Those measures are being examined by EDs around the country that want to ensure their facilities are fully protected.
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In a patient with a traumatic injury, airway management assumes an
essential role to stabilization and survival of the patient, but often
presents unique challenges not inherent in other types of patients.
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Question: How long do we need to keep quality improvement (QI) and peer review documents before tossing them out? Im thinking of department or team QI reports, minutes from QI meetings, peer review worksheets with no adverse findings, and similar documents.
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