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When she read the news stories and alerts from Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations about fake surveyors, Suzanne L. Broome, RN, center director of Blue Ridge Surgery Center in Seneca, SC, instructed her staff to be sure to check the identification of anyone who claimed to be a surveyor.
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Updated guidelines for all medical and dental practitioners regarding the monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation have been developed jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.
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The biggest challenge for outpatient centers is having the anesthesiologists, anesthetists, sedation nurses, circulating nurses, and post-anesthesia care nurses who have the knowledge and experience to care for sedated pediatric patients, says Randall M. Clark, MD, chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists' (ASA's) Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia.
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A good competency assessment program for an outpatient surgery program should encompass skills that relate to each employee's job and specific patient populations served and should apply to all employees, according to experts interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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A total of 113 cases of toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) were evaluated by the TASS task force set up by the Fairfax, VA-based American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) since the increased incidence of TASS that began in early 2006.
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One way to make sure your outpatient surgery program is covering all of its bases to prevent patient falls is to carefully review accreditation standards and National Safety Patient Goals, says Jeanne Linda, RHIT, CPMSM, CPHQ, director of medical staff services and quality review at San Leandro (CA) Surgery Center.
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The board of directors of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) recently adopted revisions to its standards. Changes include:
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As manager of cancer services at Riverside Methodist Hospital, an 800-bed institution in Columbus, OH, Mary Szczepanik, MS, BSN, RN, oversees cancer research, cancer registry, and cancer education support and outreach.
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A pilot program under way in Tucson, AZ, aims to direct uninsured patients who show up for care in the hospital emergency department to a nearby primary and specialty care clinic where they can find an ongoing medical home.
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List the components of patient- and family-centered care and many would think it was the formula for good education. The four core concepts include "dignity and respect," "information sharing," "participation," and "collaboration."
