Every survey is a little bit different, but during Maine Medical Partners' most recent survey visit by The Joint Commission, it saw something no one had ever encountered before: The surveyors locked themselves in the bathroom. On purpose. "I've never seen surveyors be quite this interactive,"...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 9
The Joint Commission has released its July 2014 prepublication standards referencing changes to bring the organization's standards into better alignment with CMS Conditions of Participation. Let's take a look at what has changed and how these changes may impact your organization, specifically in...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 9
There has to be a better way of developing risk matrices. This was the theory developed by Alan J. Card, MPH, CPH, CPHQ, PhD, president and CEO of Evidence-Based Health Solutions, LLC, and a doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre while working with his...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 9
When speaking to organizations, I often hear things like, "Well, we don't have the resources that the university hospital has" from community hospitals and then the university hospitals will say things like, "We aren't as nimble as those community hospitals." It's frustrating and ultimately self...
A Durham, North Carolina ophthalmologist and hospital were found negligent by a jury after a drug mix-up during cataract surgery left a patient with severe eye damage.
An important objective of medication reconciliation is to resolve discrepancies between home medications and the medications being ordered in the hospital. Name five examples of a discrepancy.