According to national statistics, anywhere from 25% to 40% of patients in acute care settings have either a primary or secondary behavioral health diagnosis. Whether that diagnosis is a substance abuse issue or another acute or chronic psychiatric condition, steps can-and should-be taken to...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 7
The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP), in its most recent poll of members, targeted the concept of patient flow in the emergency department (ED). Rather than follow the organization's usual benchmarking format, the poll instead used an interview-style approach,...
Mountain States Health Alliance's (MSHA) Franklin Woods Community Hospital (FWCH) in Johnson City, Tenn., is just over two years old, but it's accomplished a lot despite its young age. FWCH is already a top performer in five of six domains measured as part of the QUEST quality...
A podcast from The Joint Commission on key learnings from the SSI Change Project and The Joint Commission Implementation Guide for NPSG 07.05.01 is available on The Joint Commission Website. Click the link above for more information.
A medical center with long emergency department wait times is running a pilot study to test whether telemedicine can connect doctors to the virtual bedside of waiting patients much faster. Click the link above to read more.
The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things…and so today’s tusk (excuse me, task) is to find out where all you good folks out there in radio land are relative to developing active shooter plans for your organizations (either as ground zero, in response to an event in the...
If a member of the voluntary medical staff is exposed to a communicable disease while caring for a patient at your facility, do you have any responsibility and what is it?
Hospitals and health systems are getting squeezed at both ends of the revenue spectrum. To survive they must effectively integrate a number of healthcare services and add value. But how? Click the link above to read more.
The Joint Commission has released a fact sheet about its behavioral healthcare accreditation program. Click the link above for more information on the requirements and benefits of accreditation, and the new behavioral health home certification in 2014.Click the link above for more information...
