In a research report released in May by The RAND Corporation, entitled Promoting Patient Safety Through Effective Health Information Technology Risk Management, researchers from RAND Health, ECRI Institute, the University of Texas, and Baylor College of Medicine studied 11 hospitals and...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 10
In this era of mergers, acquisitions, and the building of replacement hospital facilities, many survey coordinators are faced with maintaining an overall inventory of licenses, accreditations, and certifications. This list is not only a regulatory requirement but is an important element of...
In 2004, at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) conference in Boston, Joseph B. Cofer, MD, FACS, professor of surgery and the surgery residency program director at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, saw Darrell "Skip" Campbell, Jr., MD, chief medical...
Hospitals are permitted to define what medication information is necessary to be obtained from the patient in a non-24-hour setting. What information do we collect in our outpatient clinic and ED?