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In April 2002, Donna Zazworsky , MS, RN, CCM, FAAN, director of grants, partnerships, and policy at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Clinic in Tucson, AZ, got a telephone call from a case manager at
a local hospital who wanted to know if the clinic had a hospital bed it could donate for use by a 17-year-old patient who was being discharged.
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During your next survey by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), its unknown where surveyors will go, which staff members theyll speak to, and which patients will be traced. But one thing is certain: Compliance with the National Patient Safety Goals will be a key focus.
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The finalized 2005 National Patient Safety Goals of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) bore a close resemblance to the proposed goals announced earlier, with one notable exception: The elimination of the bar-coding requirement.
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As of Jan. 1, 2005, hospitals will be paying an estimated $2700 more in average triennial survey fees. This is due to the need to make further investments in the new accreditation process that was introduced this year, according to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
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Arranging care for uninsured and underinsured patients has become more complicated in the past four or five years, says Jennifer DeCamp , MSW, LSW, a social worker at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 2005 National Patient Safety Goals that will apply specifically to hospitals have been finalized but many eager quality managers didnt wait for this news to take action.
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You may not be an architect, but it might be time for you to start paying a little more attention to the way your hospital is designed especially if youre about to have a new facility built or youre embarking on a substantial renovation.
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Are you collecting data elements concurrently, while patients still are receiving care, or retrospectively after discharge? Each approach has distinct advantages and disadvantages, and which is best depends on the individual situation, says Patrice L. Spath, a health care quality specialist with Forest Grove, OR-based Brown-Spath & Associates.
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There are several key changes for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations revised medical staff standards, which became effective as of January 2004. I see these as nothing less than revolutionary, says Martin D. Merry, MD, adjunct associate clinical professor of health management and policy at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.