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Work stress and dissatisfaction with the work environment may hasten the retirement of aging nurses, according to a study by the Center for American Nurses, an Austin, TX-based affiliate of the American Nurses Association.
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When the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations introduced its periodic performance review (PPR) tool in November 2003, there was a single important criticism from the organizations that completed it: They wanted the tool to be available to them all the time, not just once every three years.
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In light of a recent Government Accounting Office report that found that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations failed to detect deficiencies in the Medicare Conditions of Participation (COPs) during surveys, quality managers need to take extra care to ensure their organizations are compliant with, says Patrice L. Spath, BA, RHIT, a health care quality specialist with Brown-Spath & Associates in Forest Grove, OR.
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According to recent data from the Joint Com-mission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, compliance with the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) is more than 94%, with one notable exception: the requirement to standardize abbreviations, which falls to 85% compliance.
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