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HEALTHCARE TRAINING WEEKLY
Friday, February 14, 2003
Volume 2, Number 7

Healthcare Training Weekly, February 13, 2003

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IN THIS ISSUE

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1. PA insurer funds patient safety effort
2. Senators address elder abuse
3. Preventing workplace violence
4. Pay-per-view article: '"Ghost" standards give everybody the creeps during JCAHO surveys'
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1. PA INSURER FUNDS PATIENT SAFETY EFFORT

A Philadelphia-based Blue Cross affiliate this week kicked in $750,000 of the $1.3 million price tag for a medication safety project covering hospitals in southeastern Pennsylvania. The contribution, from Independence Blue Cross, will enable the Regional Medication Safety Program for Hospitals to move forward, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The 18-month-old program, which provides training and education on reducing adverse drug errors, had languished since its inception for lack of funding. Participating hospitals use the training to try to achieve 16 patient safety goals, including instituting computerized prescribing. Read up on the program at http://www.dvhc.org/rr/medsafeprogram.htm

2. SENATORS ADDRESS ELDER ABUSE

A bill filed in the Senate this past Monday would fund additional training for health care workers to better recognize the signs of elder abuse, according to the Associated Press. The training called for in the Elder Justice Act of 2003 (S.333) would mirror that now used to detect signs of child abuse and domestic violence. Law enforcement officers and prosecutors would also get help recognizing these signs under the proposal. Read the full text of S.333 at http://thomas.loc.gov

3. PREVENTING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

Training should cover the following topics:

--The workplace violence prevention policy
--Risk factors that cause or contribute to assaults
--Early recognition of escalating behavior, or recognition of warning signs or situations that may lead to assaults

The preceding excerpt comes from "Guidelines for preventing workplace violence for health care workers," an HCPro special report. The full report contains even more training tips, presented in a checklist format for your organization to use as you plan your violence reduction program. Order the full report today by calling us at 800/650-6787, or go to http://www.hcmarketplace.com/Prod.cfm?id=1136
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4. PAY-PER-VIEW ARTICLE
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SECURITY

'"Ghost" standards give everybody the creeps during JCAHO surveys'

In the case of infant abduction drills, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has no written standard or intent statement requiring you to conduct them on a quarterly basis. However, standard EC.2.9.1 requires you to test the response phase of the emergency management plan, and the intent statement gives further guidance on the frequency and types of drills. The intent statement of standard EC.2.9.2 mandates fire drills on a quarterly basis.

To read the full story, go to http://www.hcpro.com/onlinepubs/article.cfm?article=25906
The cost is $10. Subscribers to the online version of Healthcare Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) have free access to this article. Subscribers to the print newsletter version of HSEM can find this article in their February issues.

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For the cost of just three stories, you can get the entire February issue of HSEM! You'll find stories on preventing infant abductions and tracking infected patients. Go to http://www.hcpro.com/onlinepubs/article.cfm?article=25909 to choose between the PDF and HTML version for just $30. HSEM's online subscribers have free access to this issue, and print newsletter subscribers can find this issue in their mailboxes.

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