Some nursing leadership trends emerged quietly this year, but are nonetheless provocative for how they force us to think about nursing and how they force nurses to think about themselves as caregivers and healthcare leaders.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 1
Hospitals must have written policies on advance directives and the patient's desires with regard to life support and whether the patient wants to withhold, forgo, or withdraw life-sustaining services. Hospitals must also determine which of their outpatient settings will honor those advance...
Last month, we began our review of the year's most-cited Joint Commission standards by discussing the top 10 most challenging issues of 2013. This month, we continue our analysis and look at the remaining most-cited standards for 2013 so far, led by BOJ advisor Jodi Eisenberg, MHA, CPHQ, CPMSM...
According to a report released by The Joint Commission, 446 sentinel events occurred during the first half of 2013. The report, released by the accreditation agency in October, provides a glimpse at some of the leading issues plaguing hospitals and some insight into what is...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 1
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the items of focus during 2014's random audits. Number two on the list is training (the first being security risk assessments). Why the attention on training? The Ponemon Institute's Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 1
Last month, we began our review of the year's most-cited Joint Commission standards by discussing the top 10 most challenging issues of 2013. This month, we continue our analysis and look at the remaining most-cited standards for 2013 so far, led by BOJ advisor Jodi Eisenberg, MHA, CPHQ, CPMSM...