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Issue 12, December 28, 2001
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Add five essential elements to fine-tune your disaster plans
During this time of anthrax scares and bioterrorist threats, hospitals are focused on firming up... -
High costs, standards wrangling not enough to jump the JCAHO ship
Do you remember receiving an e-mail from BOJ asking you to fill out an electronic survey on whether... -
Case study: Florida hospital maintains staffing levels by putting staff members
Quality service is a priority at Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines, FL, but leaders there... -
Hospital Association member says the Sentinel Event Alert process raised too man
The JCAHO's October 29 moratorium on scoring compliance with Sentinel Event Alert recommendations... -
Standard of the month: How to foolproof contracts
The real role of the medical executive committee (MEC) in approving contracts for patient care... -
CMS moves forward on the 2000 Life Safety Code
In a move that was long in the making, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has... -
Trends & tips
Check out ambulatory and behavioral health patient safety standards The JCAHO has posted draft...
Issue 11, November 25, 2001
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Don't be intimated by yet another patient safety requirement
By now you have likely heard that the JCAHO expects hospitals to select a high risk process for... -
The JCAHO tightens regulations for medical resident supervision
To prove that it wants to hold medical staffs more accountable for their residents, the JCAHO...
Issue 10, October 25, 2001
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The state of JCAHO hospital surveys for 2002 and beyond A recap of the JCAHO's
The JCAHO covered much ground regarding new standard requirements and survey processes at its...
Issue 9, September 20, 2001
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Cultural competency: Take into account language, spiritual, and ethnic challenge
Ensuring that caregivers communicate sometimes complex medical information to non-English speaking...