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What should be done if the ED patient disagrees with what is documented or perceives that the record is incomplete?
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If you want to give patients gift cards as a way to say "sorry" for that long wait in the ED or anything else that left them unhappy feel free. The government says you're not violating any prohibitions on improper remuneration.
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One way to get your staff flu vaccination rates higher is to make it as easy as possible for them to obtain a vaccination, says David Ross, DO, an emergency physician at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, CO. Ross says his hospital's staff vaccination rate has risen from 63% to 73% in the past year.
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The Joint Commission has released a statement that effective Jan. 1, 2009, there will be new simplified scoring and decision processes for all accreditation and certification programs that "better reflect an organization's performance regarding compliance with Joint Commission standards and elements of performance [EPs]."
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The Joint Commission and the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) have formed a partnership to provide quality oversight for urgent care clinics.
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A new web-based data management system serving clinical research has improved data collection and accuracy through an ongoing data collection and analysis process.
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Many in IRB circles have worried about the potential existence of "seeding" trials, which are defined as clinical trials that seek to market a product rather than answer a legitimate scientific question.
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IRBs striving to ensure they're not inadvertently approving a seeding trial have a tough job ahead of them.
