The Joint Commission cited communication the core component of teamwork as the root cause in nearly 60 percent of sentinel events. Having structured communication can prevent failures in communication. The use of verbal handoffs has been a tradition in nursing‚ however the use of structured handoffs and has shown to improve communication among registered nurses‚ including in the surgical arena. Furthermore‚ AORN supports a comprehensive surgical checklist from JACHO and WHO. However‚ The Joint Commission
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hospital reported infections are of the urinary tract (Joint commission: New year will usher in new CAUTI prevention requiremants‚ 2011). The Joint Commission estimates the annual cost of CAUTI care is in excess of $400 million; furthermore‚ CAUTI care is targeted by Medicaid and Medicare services as a non-reimbursable infection.
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Accreditation is a recognized seal of approval for many institutions in the United States. It is needed by the hospitals to become providers in the Medicare program. In order to receive payment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)‚ hospitals are required to meet a set of minimum requirements called conditions of participation. There are three organizations that can accredit hospitals based on the participation requirements– the Joint Commission‚ the American Osteopathic Association
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Joint Commission. (2017). The Joint Commission. Topics Library: Sentinel Events Policy and Procedures. Retrieve from https://www.jointcommission.org/sentinel_event_policy_and_procedures/ Joint Commission describes a sentinel event as Patient Safety Event that affects the patient by death‚ permanent harm‚ severe temporary harm with required intervention to sustain life‚ suicide of any patient receiving care‚ treatment‚ or services in a staffed around-the-clock care setting or within 72 hours of discharge
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one that should never arise. Nightingale Community Hospital (NCH) fully understands the importance of doing away with these errors and has set up protocol to work towards this goal. While the protocol is in place‚ it is not fully compliant with Joint Commission (JC) standards. Standard: UP.01.01.01: Conduct a preprocedure verification process. Nightingale Community Hospital has a Site Identification and Verification policy and procedure. Within this policy‚ and Preoperative/Preprocedure Verification
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Abstract Joint Commission’s mission statement is that all people always experience the safest‚ highest quality‚ best-value health care across all settings. This certification is recognized as a symbol of quality that the healthcare organization is committed to the implementation and meeting these standards (“History of the Joint Commission‚” n.d.). National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) were launched to help accredited healthcare organizations address specific areas of concern regarding patient safety
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Executive Summary - Infection Control and Prevention Current Compliance Status for Joint Commission Accreditation Nightingale Community Hospital is committed to providing healthcare excellence‚ a healing environment and to be the choice for patient care. In order to continue to provide quality healthcare services in accordance with our values of safety‚ community‚ teamwork‚ and accountability Joint Commission Accreditation provides guidelines and standards for the Priority Focus Areas (PFA)
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months away from our next Joint Commission inspection. Although the overall state of compliance for the organization is good‚ there are several areas that have been identified as “Priority Focus Areas” due to a past history of nonconformities. All these areas are related to Information Management and Record of Care‚ Treatment‚ and Services‚ in particular: A utilization of standardized terminology‚ definitions and abbreviations‚ as described in Joint Commission Accreditation Standard IM.02.02.01
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Articulations or Joints • Articulation or Joint – Place where two bones (or bone and cartilage) come together – Can be freely movable‚ have limited‚ or no apparent movement – Structure correlated with movement • Naming Joints – According to bones or parts united at joint- temporomandibular – According to only one of articulating bones- humeral – By Latin equivalent of common name- cubital 8-2 Classes of Joints • Structural: based on major connective tissue type that binds
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Permanente Risk Management Executive Summary Organization Description Kaiser Permanente (KP) is the nation’s largest integrated health care delivery system. KP serves nine states and over nine million members‚ with an annual operating revenue in 2013 of 53.1 billion. KP is a leader in quality improvement efforts in the health care industry through participation in studies performed by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA)‚ The Joint Commission (TJC) accreditations‚ and the implementation
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