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Q: The surveyor found three behavioral health H&Ps not placed in the record within 24 hours of admission. Two H&Ps for patients in the endoscopy center had timed entries of 1:17a.m. and 1:23a.m, making it unlikely that the physician had conducted the H&Ps at those times as...
The Joint Commission announced last week the appointment of Ann Scott Blouin, PhD, RN, FACHE, to the position of Executive Vice President of Customer Relations, effective June 4.
If you haven’t joined in on the discussions taking place on “AHAP Talk” you’re missing out on a wealth of information. Some of the recent discussion topics (to name only a few) in the past month have been: sample medications, RC.02.01.01 EP 1- communication needs, date and time entries, and...
If you haven’t had a chance yet to participate in this year’s Accreditation Professional Salary Survey, make sure you check it out by the end of this week. It is completely anonymous, as always. Remember, the more participants we...
Ever since it was first introduced to The Joint Commission's Medical Staff standards in 2007, the concept of focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) has been something of a bugbear for hospitals. In theory, this sort of quality analysis and review makes perfect sense, but implementation...
Many hospitals across the nation are already working with health IT, including electronic health records (EHR) and bar code scanning-especially as CMS' Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs (commonly referred to as "meaningful use") promise to provide incentive payments to eligible...