Highlights from Day 1 of AHAP Conference
Accreditation Connection, May 12, 2008
The 2nd Annual AHAP Conference kicked off last Thursday at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas with a keynote presentation by Ian Morrison, PhD, author, consultant, and futurist on the state of healthcare. AHAP attendees then broke off into a general session on medication reconciliation, presented by Molly McDaniel, PharmD. This year’s conference had nearly 100 more accreditation professionals in attendance than last year.
During a standing-room-only presentation by Jean S. Clark, RHIA, on struggles facing hospitals dealing with the information management standards, she discussed shortening lists for critical tests results and values, as “even The Joint Commission recommends you have a short list.” Critical test results and values topped the list of 2007’s top compliance issues with an HIM focus.
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