In 2007, The Joint Commission made an addition to Goal #8 regarding medication reconciliation: Along with compiling a list of medications upon...Read More »
True or false: When unlabeled medications are found, it is safe to use them if you can compare the pill in the container to other medications in...Read More »
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the HCPro book Effective Process Management: Improving Your Healthcare Delivery, written by...Read More »
In 2006, Pam Harmon, RN, legal nurse consultant and chief nursing officer at Fredonia (KS) Regional Hospital (FRH), in Fredonia, Kansas, took a...Read More »
When a new patient enters a hospital, staff membersgenerally follow the same routine. The admitting nurse asks the patient’s name, date of birth,...Read More »
When a patient visits his or her doctor, a certain level of trust is inherent in the interaction. Just as a consumer might expect an auto mechanic...Read More »
Collective experience from The Greeley Company’s consultants supports the Joint Commission’s November Perspectives, identifying medication storage...Read More »
As a healthcare accreditation consultant and quality management professional, I have been exposed to a variety of improvement models within...Read More »
Let’s throw a pair of numbers out there: 26% and 3%. Those are the percentages for emergency department (ED) diversion rates Providence St. Joseph...Read More »