Unannounced Joint Commission survey leaked to hospital via e-mail
Accreditation Connection, October 12, 2009
New York's Bellevue Hospital was alerted by Eric Manheimer, MD, the head of patient safety, via e-mail to expect an almost immediate visit from The Joint Commission, according to the New York Daily News. The recent increase in unannounced surveys at several hospitals in the Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) circuit, in response to Daily News' series on cover-ups of medical mistakes, prompted the email to be sent out.
The email, sent out to 20 staff members, instructed staff to discharge those patients who did not need hospitalization over the weekend and that all supervisors check on the documentation of all inpatients to verify completeness, as well as that the documentation included all National Patient Safety Goal information.
"Putting people on notice of the possibility of a survey allows them to make plans in advance and adjust their schedules so they don't have to abandon important commitments that are already in place," said Manheimer in an official written statement to the Daily News.
The Joint Commission has yet to visit Bellevue Hospital, but has visited other HHC hospitals including Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn and Metropolitan Hospital in Harlem.
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