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Shown here is the policy that is followed at Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, CA, for credentialing of volunteer clinicians during a disaster.
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Now that the long-awaited revised accreditation standards from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations have been unveiled, what changes should you make in the way you prepare for surveys?
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If youre looking for resources to help with quality improvement programs in your facility, access the new National Quality Measures Clearinghouse web site (www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov).
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Editors note: This column will be a regular feature in Hospital Peer Review profiling a facility that recently has been surveyed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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You already should know that Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations surveyors want to see compliance with restraint and seclusion standards. But to improve quality in this area, youll need to do more.
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After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, area hospitals all reported a deluge of volunteer clinicians. This may sound like good news when your facility is suddenly overwhelmed with patients, but it also can be dangerous.
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Obtaining prescription drugs for patients who cant afford them has been a problem for Athens (GA) Regional Medical Center for the 18 years that Beverly A. Baker, CRC, CCM, has been with the hospital, she says. The situation changed dramatically for the better about a year and a half ago.
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URAC in Washington, DC, recently released a set of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Accreditation standards for public comment. When completed later this year, the new program is intended to help health care organizations display a commitment to fair information practices, and to demonstrate that they have taken the necessary steps to protect health information privacy.
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Question: Does the Joint Commissions standard on spiritual assessment apply only to behavioral health or to all health care settings? What are we expected to do in making this spiritual assessment?
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Clinical pathways often are hailed as a premier quality improvement tool, but they also are seen as pie-in-the-sky solutions because they dont do any good if clinicians dont actually use them after all the fanfare of introducing them.