It's the bad part about being in leadership, whether you are a unit manager, quality improvement coordinator, accreditation specialist, or any other unique role. Sooner or later you will be faced with the situation of being laid off or replaced because of a change in direction. It happens to...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 5
Editor's note: In this new feature, BOJ advisor Jodi Eisenberg, MHA, CPMSM, CPHQ, CSHA, manager of accreditation, clinical compliance, and policy management for Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Chicago, explains the steps and goals survey...
As hospitals across the country search for ways to reduce readmissions in the wake of reimbursement cuts from CMS for rehospitalizations within 30 days, one statewide initiative in Minnesota may have cracked the code.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 5
On March 14, CMS issued a memorandum to state survey agency directors regarding requirements for hospital medication administration, "particularly intravenous medications and post-operative care of patients receiving IV opioids."
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 5
The Joint Commission has announced plans for two updates to its accreditation and certification manuals in spring 2014. The first, which will be available at the time of this publication, will impact the following Joint Commission programs:
Treatment delays and wrong patient/wrong site/wrong procedure errors were the most frequently reported sentinel events in 2013, according to The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Database.
A California bill has been proposed that would require stricter workplace violence prevention planning at state hospitals after two separate attacks on nurses last weekend.
