from 1983 through 2002 he served as president and chief executive officer of Highland Park Hospital (Grazier, 2005). He has served on plenty boards which deal directly with hospital accreditation and health care associations and he currently serves on the Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commission oil Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (Grazier,2005). According to the article by Grazier (2005), Spaeth earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Reserves University in Ohio and his master’s
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is to provide up to date patient safety standards for healthcare organizations to meet. While these safety issues are important in their own right, the accreditation is used by Medicare as validation that the facility meets their standards resulting in full reimbursement of medical costs in the care of Medicare patients. Without the accreditation the hospital would most likely go bankrupt To ensure that Nightingale Community Hospital will meet The Joint Commissions standards, they have collected
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Regulatory agencies ensure health care practitioners and facilities promote safety, legal compliance, and quality patient services. If health care were not regulated of if accreditation were not required patients would not have a sense of comfort and safety. The regulatory agency the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations commonly known as JCAHO, which “conducts periodic on-site surveys to verify that an accredited organization substantially complies with Joint Commission
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2013 journal homepage: http://www.aessweb.com/journal-detail.php?id=5007 INNOVATIONS IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AUDIT (APA) TO EMPOWER TEACHING & LEARNING: THE UNITEN EXPERIENCE Zainal Ariffin Ahmad Graduate Business School, College of Graduate Studies, UNITEN, Kajang Malaysia Norsalwati Binti Mohd Razalli Quality Management Centre,UNITEN, Kajang Malaysia ABSTRACT Institutional audit is an integral part of the quality assurance process in the Malaysian higher education to determine whether the
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Assignment 1-2: Accreditation by the Joint Commission Using a current Joint Commission Manual for any of the Joint Commission’s (JC) accreditation programs and the JC’s Website (www.jointcommissions.org) respond to the following questions. 1. List the accreditation programs and the types of facilities accredited by each accreditation program. * Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program – This accreditation program was established in 1975. Organizations accredited by this program are free
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Accreditation Options There are a variety of accreditation options that a medical management committee could choose from when considering their options for their healthcare organization to participate in. One consideration is whether to participate with a regionally or nationally accredited organization. Committee looking at their options are not only concerned about the healthcare organization. The patients they serve are also very important, as their expectations of the accreditations that are
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Auditing and Assurance Standards Council Philippine Auditing Practice Statement 1003Ph GUIDANCE IN DEALING WITH REPORTS REQUIRED BY THE SEC RELATING TO INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK OF A CORPORATION PAPS 1003Ph PHILIPPINE AUDITING PRACTICE STATEMENT 1003Ph GUIDANCE IN DEALING WITH REPORTS REQUIRED BY THE SEC RELATING TO INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK OF A CORPORATION CONTENTS Paragraph Introduction………………………………………………………………… 1-2 Objective……………………………………………………………………
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Unit: Participate in a Quality Audit Project No.: 2 Student Name: Sonia Rana Name : Sonia Rana List of Contents Description Page No. Introduction Quality Audit and Its Importance Audit Team and Their Roles Audit Procedure Entry and Exit Meetings Reporting Audit Standards Summary References 3 4-5 5-7 8-11 11-13 13-14 14-15 15 15 Page 2 of 15 Name : Sonia Rana Introduction: This paper details the importance of the Quality audit, why audit are conducted and what is the purpose of auditing
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Ken Kizer MD. coined the term “never events” in 2001 referring to medical mistakes that should never occur (wrong surgery site). The National Quality Forum categorizes never events into six groups: surgical, product or device, patient protection, care management, environmental, and criminal. For a never event to fit into one of the categories never events must be serious in its result (death or significant disability), unambiguous (clearly identifiable and measurable), and usually preventable("AHRQ
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understand those responsibilities. There should also be separation of duties, this will limit fraud and promote accuracy of the accounting records. No one person should be responsible for every aspect of a job. This will cause mistakes to happen. Audits are also a very important internal control procedure so are documents, and electronic devices. What is The Sarbanes-Oxley Act? The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed by congress in 2002 with the aim of preventing an assortment of ills related to corporate
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