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Fifty-five percent of admissions to the nation's community hospitals for conditions other than pregnancy, childbirth, and neonatal care begin in the hospital emergency department, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports.
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Specialty hospitals that do not have emergency departments (EDs) are still subject to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) rules on acceptance of patients for transfer, cautions Stephen A. Frew, JD, a risk management specialist and web site publisher (www.medlaw.com).
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Do you assume that if the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol is followed, wrong-site surgery would always be prevented? A new study conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality puts that assumption into question.
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Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Max Baucus (D-MT) and Representative Pete Stark (D-CA) are calling for JCAHO to answer questions about its relationship with Joint Commission Resources (JCR), its consulting subsidiary, and to account for the results of its new accreditation process.
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Since JCAHO's unannounced survey process began in January 2006, the average number of requirements for improvement (RFIs) given to hospitals has increased to 6.9 as of April 2006, compared with 5.8 in 2005.
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Nearly 800 people have worked to earn a certified IRB professional (CIP) designation in the six years since the first CIP exam was given.
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As if it weren't enough keeping track of the intricacies of federal regulation of human subjects research, IRBs also must keep a sharp eye on state law, and the various areas where it puts additional or simply different demands on them.
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A recent study has found that researchers acknowledge engaging in "normal misbehaviors" in their everyday research life, including abusing post-doctorate students, taking credit when it's not due, culling data based on experience, and shabby documentation.
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IRBs and research organizations continue to iron out privacy policies and details 10 years after a law was passed to require health care organizations to adhere to federal privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996.
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As IRBs work to ensure that women are fairly represented in clinical research, results from a new survey provide a disquieting message: More older women are uninterested in research and don't believe in participating.