Having your documentation organized for survey is always a challenge, but especially so when dealing with HR requirements and personnel files. Remember that as of January 1, 2021, The Joint Commission updated its Human Resources standard HR.01.01.01, EP 1 to include the documentation icon.
Across the country, health systems and hospitals have established incident command centers to manage the challenges of the pandemic. At Northwell Health last spring, incident command leadership was a key element in the health system’s response to the hottest hot spot in the first coronavirus...
Patients with psychiatric illness can spend lengthy periods of time in emergency departments waiting for psychiatric evaluation or transfer to an inpatient psychiatric facility. Earlier research found that the mean length of stay (LOS) for psychiatric patients in emergency departments awaiting...
That new waiver will allow hospitals to bill Medicare for nursing for patients sent home to free up bed space. But it is not a blanket waiver, and unless your hospital already has an acute-care-at-home program in place,...
Clinicians need to take a multipronged approach to communicating with their patients about coronavirus vaccination, a Yale New Haven Health expert says. With the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the country, vaccination is a key implement in the public health toolbox. Vaccination is widely viewed...
The Joint Commission is asking for feedback on proposed changes to hospital requirements on resuscitation and the long-awaited new elements of performance on workplace violence prevention.
When civil unrest outside your doors threatens to come inside, be sure staff are trained on screening protocols for identifying people who should not be in your healthcare facility or on your property.
Staff who otherwise would have been furloughed were instead trained on COVID-19 safety and virtual communication programs. Their job was to set up and facilitate virtual visits between patients and their loved ones. Ambassadors would stay in the patient’s room during the call, providing physical...
