Pain represents a growing patient concern and a flourishing service line for healthcare. Hospitals are creating pain management centers with a focus on chronic and acute pain, relying on interventional and multidisciplinary procedures targeting long-term pain. Click the link above to read more...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a complaint against LabMD, Inc. The complaint alleging that a lack of information security was an unfair practice under Section 5 of the FTC Act. The complaint stems from two incidents: personal information for approximately 9,300 consumers became...
In looking through the ol’ e-mail bag, I received a request for info relative to what the “magic number” was to be able to “count” an influx exercise in compliance with the Emergency Management standards. In looking at this question, I thought to myself that I don’t know that we’ve tackled this...
When a non-English speaking patient is hospitalized, the hospital must provide translation services. These services could include an on-site interpreter. Name at least one other option.
A new collaborative is bringing the meaningful use of checklists to the ambulatory and outpatient setting. The goal is to establish "zero harm," and a key effort in this is to effectively implement safe surgery checklists that include both clinical and safety culture...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 10
Everyone in healthcare knows about the struggles of medication reconciliation and its impact on patient safety and care. The Joint Commission takes notice, building standards and safety goals around safe use of medication, and every facility must take the time to look at its policies and...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 10
We talk often about the cost of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations in terms of regulatory fines and penalties, and we may also mention that similar privacy regulations with their own fines and penalties exist at the state level.
Last month in BOJ, we began our discussion of a number of key memos CMS has released impacting hospitals this year. Let's continue our analysis by examining luer misconnections, new Interpretive Guidelines, and changes to reporting adverse events.
