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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) recently announced that it will revise the fixed and variable performance areas evaluated during random unannounced surveys, starting in 2004.
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A virtual anticoagulation clinic is being credited with dramatic improvements in patient safety at Abington (PA) Memorial Hospital, which recently won the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Award from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
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Many cleaning products leave floors more slippery than they were before cleaning, the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI), reports.
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Russell Kendzior, executive director of the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI), offers this advice on how proper floor maintenance can reduce falls in health care facilities:
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The summer 2003 Industry HIPAA survey conducted by HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) and Phoenix Health Systems found that not enough time was seen as the major roadblock to meeting the Oct. 16 implementation deadline for transactions and code sets (T&CS).
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The privacy regulations enacted as part of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have caused some unforeseen complications for hospitals trying to ensure patient safety and improve communication between providers and patients, say health care professionals and legal experts.
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Thanks to the volunteer work and sponsorship of community advocate and IRB member Isaac Hopkins of Plainfield, NJ, there is an inner-city Little League team where the 7- and 8-year-old players wear T-shirts that say, Do No Harm.
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IRB members who are accustomed to dealing with the serious potential physical risks associated with many biomedical research projects may give little thought to the risks inherent in social-behavioral research.
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Our institutions IRB is merging with another IRB. What can we do to make the transition efficient? (In other words, what can go wrong and how can we minimize the possibility?)
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IRBs may think their policies and procedures have covered all federal and state regulations, but in the experience of federal officials, there commonly are some lapses.