Hospital Peer Review – February 1, 2005
February 1, 2005
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Avoid pitfalls with corrective action plans: Quality experts share strategies
Imagine the moment when surveyors leave after your next Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) survey or when you just have submitted your organizations periodic performance review (PPR). You may be tempted to breathe a sigh of relief but if noncompliant areas are identified, your work has just begun. -
Is your falls prevention program getting results?
To comply with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations new National Patient Safety Goal to reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls, you must assess and periodically reassess each patients risk of falling including the potential risk associated with the patients medication regimen and take action to address any identified risks. -
Are you ready for JCAHO’s medication standards?
If youre expecting that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations proposed revisions to medication management standards will add to your workload, youre probably right. -
JCAHO alert gives new recommendations for PCA
Serious adverse events can result when unauthorized family members, caregivers, or clinicians administer patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for the patient by proxy, warns a Sentinel Event Alert issued by the JCAHO. -
The Quality-Cost Connection: Taking measure with focus groups
Health care organizations everywhere are using focus groups of consumers to critique services, rate educational materials, offer feedback on patient safety, or register kudos and gripes about the quality of patient care.