One energetic hospitalist, lamenting a "vast culture of overuse and waste," is working with a team to rid his hospital of some unnecessary operational habits that evidence says should be halted. Click the link above to read the full story.
Forget stubborn physicians and wildly fluctuating patient volumes. Nurse leaders really do have control over the highs and lows of patient throughput and related staffing problems. Click the link above to read more.
In the June 2013 edition of The Joint Commission’s Perspectives, George Mills covers the thorny topic of the Environment of Care management plans. Within his dissertation, he makes note that he doesn’t recommend inclusion of the Joint Commission standards and Elements of Performance (EP) in the...
The Joint Commission has issued preliminary denial of accreditation for Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital, a mental health facility in downtown Las Vegas, over a patient dumping scandal. Click the link to read more.
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule establishes controversial terms that distinguish an inpatient admission from "observation" status, for which hospitals receive lower rates of Medicare reimbursement. Click the link above to read more.
As I was cruising through the updated State Operations Manual from CMS, I happened upon something that I can honestly say I’d not really “seen” before. And so, I direct you to a paragraph from the guidance provided to surveyors conducting CMS surveys. Click the link above to read more.
Fill in the blank: Hospitals are expected to provide information to patients in a format that the patient can understand and comprehend. This information should be appropriate to _____________, _____________, and _____________.
The Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality has announced that it is the latest organization to receive deemed status for acute care hospitals from CMS. This allows CIHQ’s hospital accreditation program to deem hospitals to be in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation. Click the...
