A new report released by The Leapfrog Group shows that computer physician order entry (CPOE) systems can potentially miss half of routine medication orders and one-third of potentially fatal medication orders.
The report is based on a study of 214 hospitals that tested their CPOE...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 9
If a procedure has been shifted from the physician to the nurse, can informed consent then be obtained by the nurse, or does that responsibility remain with the ordering physician? One facility, by using nurses for the insertion of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC lines), challenged...
The Joint Commission took a giant step forward in 2009 when it began to include the D icon next to the elements of performance (EP) that require documentation. This ended the long debate over whether a particular EP was required to have documentation support. However, the new icon fails to...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 9
Hospitals have multiple options when it comes time to undergo their PPR. The most extensive option, an on-site visit from The Joint Commission, is the most extensive, with the option to treat the PPR as a full-blown mock survey.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 9
Are you confident enough about your Joint Commission survey results to post them online? Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston did. Luckily, the survey turned out to be one of its best inspections ever, according to Kent B. Lewandrowski, MD, associate professor at Harvard Medical...
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has announced it will release a tool specifically targeting one of healthcare’s most persistent challenges–hand hygiene–in September.
Thank you to all members who participated in our benchmark survey on restraints use. Results will be available on the AHAP website later this week, at www.accreditationprofessional.org.
