Joint Commission survey brings positive insight to hospital's policies and procedures
HIM Connection, December 30, 2008
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIM Connection!
When Joint Commission surveyors came to St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO, the morning of November 10, 2008, St. Luke’s Joint Commission Task Force was prepared, says Jan Hess, vice president for quality improvement at St. Luke’s.
The facility’s prior survey was in September 2005, so the hospital was anticipating its next survey around September 2008. "We were expecting them back in September, so when they arrived in November, the staff was definitely prepared and we were ready to get it on and over with," Hess says.
Editor’s note: To read more about St. Luke’s survey experience or to purchase a copy of this article for $10, click here. Subscribers to Briefings on The Joint Commission have access to this article in the January issue of the newsletter.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIM Connection!
Comments
0 comments on “Joint Commission survey brings positive insight to hospital's policies and procedures ”
Related Products
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Q/A. One injection code or two?
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- CHANGES COMING: Key differences in nationwide rollout
- Searched