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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have been working to align their common national hospital performance in the areas of acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical infection prevention.
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The health care organization is an important resource for the continued functioning of a community. An organizations ability to deliver care, treatment, or services is threatened when it is ill-prepared to respond to an epidemic or infections likely to require expanded or extended care capabilities over a prolonged period.
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A new report from the Urgent Matters Learning Network titled Bursting at the Seams: Improving Patient Flow to Help Americas Emergency Departments, describes the experiences of 10 hospitals selected for an initiative to help hospitals eliminate ED overcrowding. Of the 10, four received a special $250,000 grant for demonstrator projects.
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A 73-year-old woman who lives at home with her husband presented at the ED with progressive weakness and difficulty walking. Her chief complaint: My legs just feel weak. After an extensive work-up, including a CAT scan, there were no clear answers, and she was admitted for further evaluation.
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Someone in the OR makes a comment about a patients tattoo. In another case, a catheter doesnt get connected, and urine ends up on the OR floor. Someone gets mad about the mess and starts yelling. Do these situations sound like a bad day in the OR? Now imagine the patient wakes up in recovery and tells you she heard what your staff said, but she was paralyzed and unable to speak.
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The good news for respondents to the 2004 Same-Day Surgery Salary Survey is that more than 68% of survey respondents saw their salary increase between 1% and 6% in 2004. Even better news for almost 11% of survey respondents was the 7% to 10% they reported. In 2003, only 5.44% of respondents received a 7% to 10% increase.
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2005 survey fees will be increased; Cost, revenue information available on PA centers; GAO: Hospitals not getting enough reimbursement.
