True or False: The time frame allowed to complete an initial patient assessment can be defined by the hospital as long as it is consistent with law and regulation.
Effective January 1, 2012, two new accreditation decision rules have been approved by The Joint Commission for the Contingent Accreditation decision category. Both require the organization in question to resolve its Contingency Status within one year.
True or False: Once a hospital has developed its list of sound-alike/look-alike drugs, the list should be reviewed every three years, along with other hospital policies.
The Joint Commission’s latest Sentinel Event Alert targets an issue that has been oft-discussed in recent years: healthcare worker fatigue and patient safety.
Oncology clinics traditionally house some of the most vulnerable patients when it comes to contracting dangerous infections, further compounding the already debilitating effects of cancer treatments like chemotherapy. Because of this, it's doubly important that oncology clinics...
Understanding HIT nationally and on the local front lines
In the past couple of months, there have been numerous publications around health information technology (HIT) and patient safety. In November 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report, Health IT...
