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Alert: Hospital Peer Review now awards nursing contact hours, but please be aware that the January and February issues do not offer that particular credit. Subscribers can still earn credits from more current issues or by rereading past issues that offer credit and taking the online test with a passing score.

For more than 40 years, Hospital Peer Review has provided the latest news, techniques, and protocols for quality managers across the country. Hospital Peer Review gives you peer-reviewed practical news and advice on how to help your hospital meet the accreditation and credentialing demands of today's ever-changing healthcare market.

A one-year subscription price includes 12 issues per year. Earn up to 15 nursing contact hours annually with your subscription. 

Hospital Peer Review Covers:

• The latest updates on what The Joint Commission surveyors are looking for in facilities just like yours;
• How to comply most effectively with The Joint Commission standards and CMS regulations;
• Tips and techniques from your peers to help you prepare for your next survey;
• Cost-saving performance improvement ideas to help boost your facility's bottom line;
• Efficient and effective techniques to improve discharge and transitional planning.
• And much more...

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Benefits of Subscribing to Hospital Peer Review Include:

• 12 issues
• 15 contact hours annually
• Accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing

Awards won by Hospital Peer Review:

• Honorable mention, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Publishers Foundation, 1995
• Best Investigative Reporting, Newsletter Association of America, 1980

Faculty:

Consulting Editor:

Patrice Spath, MA, RHIT
Consultant, Health Care Quality
Brown-Spath & Associates
Forest Grove, OR

Nurse Planner:

Jill A. Winkler, BSN, RN, MA-ODL
Quality Improvement Advisor
Proprietor, True North Lean
Consulting Group, PLLC
Durham, NC

Editorial Advisory Board:

Kay Ball, RN, PhD, CNOR, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Claire M. Davis, RN, MHA, CPHQ, FNAHQ
Director of Quality
Middlesex Hospital
Middletown, CT

Susan Mellott, PhD, RN, CPHQ, FNAHQ
CEO/Healthcare Consultant
Mellott & Associates
Houston

Objectives:

• Identify a particular clinical, legal, or educational issue related to quality improvement and performance outcomes.
• Describe how clinical, legal, or educational issues related to quality improvement and performance outcomes affect nurses, healthcare workers, hospitals, or the healthcare industry in general.
• Cite solutions to the problems associated with quality improvement and performance outcomes based on guidelines from relevant authorities and/or independent recommendations from clinicians at individual institutions.

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for hospital-based quality professionals.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

Relias LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Contact hours [1.25] will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion. California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions for Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.