conducted in the hospital on a daily basis have identified areas we will focus on to ensure that our accreditation survey results are exceptional. Audits are performed on an ongoing basis with a focus on trends that are most commonly cited by the Joint Commission. Nightingale hospital has proven to have made great improvements over prior survey findings in Emergency Management‚ Human Resources‚ Leadership‚ Medical Staff‚ Nursing Care‚ Provision of Care‚ Treatment and Services‚ Information Management
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include all adult and adolescent patients‚ or female adolescents and adults only. Question 2 - Correct Age-specific competencies are assessed for accreditation by The Joint Commission. Each employee must be able to: Your Answer: All of these abilities must be demonstrated Rationale: To be considered competent under The Joint Commission standards‚ an employee must demonstrate all of these abilities. Question 3 - Correct Which of the following is a key law that makes it illegal to submit a falsified
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Running Head: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AUDIT 1 Executive Summary Nightingale Community Hospital is preparing for a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations‚ or JCAHO‚ audit. In preparation of the coming audit‚ Nightingale has released JCAHO’s Priority Focus Areas for the hospital. The priority focus areas outlined are Information Management‚ Medication Management‚ Communication‚ and Infection Control. The area of focus for this assessment will be Information Management
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Licensing Requirements and Accreditation Affecting Long-Term Care Michael E. Puckett University of Phoenix HCS/443 August 5‚ 2006 Licensing Requirements and Accreditation Affecting Long-Term Care The world of health care is changing from the needs of individuals due to changes in expectations of the health care organizations. One steady component of long-term care is the need for regulation in the industry that serves the public. Regulation is provided in several ways that includes licensing
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1% deficiency brings the potential for patient injury or death and for increased hospital operating costs. On our last Joint Commission survey‚ four priority focus areas were identified: information management‚ medication management‚ communication and infection control. In order to address any deficiencies in each of these areas and in preparation for our next Joint Commission audit in a year’s time‚ each of these focus areas will be discussed in an individual brief and a corrective action plan
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policies which in this case considered to undermine the quality and quantity of the services available to middle class in home countries. Services typically sought by travelers include elective procedures as well as complex specialized surgeries such as joint replacement (knee/hip)‚ cardiac surgery‚ dental surgery‚ and cosmetic surgeries. Individuals with rare genetic disorders may travel to another country where treatment of these conditions is better understood. However‚ virtually every type of health
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completed five days prior to this report. Patient is scheduled to be discharged with home health and IV antibiotics. This patient was selected for audit. Review of the chart shows that the patient’s H&P was completed on day 3 of the admission. Joint Commission hospital accreditation requirements for record of care‚ treatment and services (RC.01.03.01) requires that the patient’s H&P must be completed within 24 hours of inpatient admission (Accreditation Requirements: Hospital: Record of Care‚ Treatment
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Community Hospital To provide an accurate assessment of the systems and processes for the delivery of care‚ treatment‚ and services at the Nightingale Community Hospital‚ weekly patient chart reviews of patient medical cases is performed using The Joint Commission tracer methodology for a thorough review of current services and possible deficiencies. Recently‚ the medical record for patient 453355 was reviewed in order to trace their care through departments and services at the hospital. This patient was
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assignment Part One: In preparation for accreditation at its facilities‚ the administration would like the staff to understand the important benefits of accreditation and how undergoing the accreditation process can enhance quality. Go to The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Web site (http://www.jointcommission.org)‚ and answer the following questions. Be sure to set a positive tone that will appeal to and win over staff‚ emphasizing the benefits accreditation
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be developed for abbreviation usage ? If yes‚ what should the policies contain? If no‚ explain? • Yes‚ patient safety and promotion of zero medication error are common goals in every healthcare institution. • JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) provides institutions with a list of dangerous abbreviations that should be avoided in clinical documentation. • The Institute for Safe Medication Practice also promotes the consistent
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