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David Harlow, a health care lawyer and consultant, is the founder of The Harlow Group LLC and a "blawger" at http://healthblawg.typepad.com.
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Joyce Cardinal, RN, MBA, director of quality at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA, says she was lucky. One of Skagit's surgeons is on the SCOAP data committee, and after she attended a meeting about the surgical checklist, she already had a physician champion on board to get it started.
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Traditionally, patients have been cast in a passive role in their own health care. Now, "patient involvement" has become an oft-heard term in hospital regulations and discussion, with acknowledgement that patients themselves can play an integral role in their care. How does The Joint Commission promote encouraging patients to speak up?
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In conjunction with the American Heart Association's updated Get With The Guidelines program on heart failure, The Joint Commission is now offering hospitals a certificate of distinction in heart failure, as part of its disease-specific care advanced certification program.
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If flight crews have to do it before takeoff, why shouldn't surgical teams do it before cutting into a patient?
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Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System will be honored this month at a gala event in Washington, DC, as the winner of the National Quality Forum's (NQF) 2009 National Quality Healthcare Award. Michael Shabot, MD, system chief medical officer, explains why the health system was chosen and how it met the five criteria NQF established for the award:
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Less than three months after releasing an addendum to its 2009 accreditation standards, The Joint Commission is telling hospitals to throw it out and refer instead to a newly revised edition.
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Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro, NC, was surveyed Jan. 26-30, 2009. But the 316-bed hospital, prepares for its survey just about every other day of the year.
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital submitted its medication reconciliation initiative as a poster for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
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"This has been the single most difficult process I have ever worked on to try to implement," says John Benson, PharmD, quality manager, department of pharmacy services at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT.