dicussion Lisa Marie Sinotte Walden Discussion Never events are the kind of events that should never happen in healthcare. These “never events” are defined as preventable adverse events by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (http://www.cms.gov/). Starting in 2008, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services eliminated or reduced payments for certain “never events” (Thornlow & Merwin, 2009). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid requires hospitals to report claims for discharges and
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The Joint Commission. Prior to The Joint Commission coming to complete its unannounced audit, the commission sends the hospital a handbook of standards guidelines each department of the hospital is expected to meet. The accreditation is a very important process to the daily operations of the hospital. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, (CMS) requires hospital to meet and operate to the accreditation standards. This assures CMS that patients, who pay for services with their Medicare or
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Commission/Prison Health HCS 430 Ensuring health care practitioners and facilities promote safety, legal compliance, and quality patient services. If regulations with accreditation were not sufficient in health care, safety comfort would not be provided to patients/clients. JCAHO Also known as Joint Commission Accreditation health care organization which conducts survey done on site that complies as well verify the continuous standards of improvement for joint commission. The JCAHO ensures that
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need. It puts the latest accreditation requirements, policies, and procedures at your fingertips and includes scoring information at every element of performance. Handy tabs allow you to find exactly what you need when you need it: The 2012 standards, elements of performance, National Patient Safety Goals, and Accreditation Participation Requirements for diagnostic imaging centers Updated accreditation process chapter, which includes the 2012 accreditation decision rules This
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Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) in 1951 (Joint Commission History, 2012) . Its sole purpose is to provide voluntary accreditation. The Joint Commission is administered by a 32-member Board of Commissioners that includes physicians, nurses, educators, employers, administrators, and others to bring an assorted array of experience in public policies, health care, and business whom the corporate members appoint. By 1987, JCAH changed the name to Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
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Commission accreditation can be earned by many healthcare facilities. These include hospitals, doctor’s offices, nursing homes, office based surgery centers, behavioral health treatment centers, and home care providers. The Joint Commission also awards Disease Specific Care Certification to health plans, disease management service companies, hospitals and other care delivery settings that provide disease management and chronic care services. Benefits of Joint Commission accreditation and certification
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has long been the designated accreditation agency for hospitals and other health care facilities. In 1997, JCAHO added quality measurement requirements to existing requirements for participation in the accreditation process for hospitals and long-term care facilities in an initiative called ORYX. In 2003, The Joint Commission launched project activities to examine Children’s Asthma performance measures for inclusion in the
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Priority Focus Area: Communication In preparation of a review from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Nightingale Community Hospital will focus on improving its communication process in the operating room. The purpose of communication in the healthcare setting is to disseminate information in such a way as to create shared understanding about the patient and about what needs to be done for a positive outcome. (synergia.com) A patient is at his most vulnerable
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Executive Summary A. While Nightingale Community Hospital may pride itself on their core values, as safety, community, teamwork and accountability, we understand that there is more that has to be done to provide a safer environment for our patients. Across the nation, hospitals are trying to find innovative ways to provide safer and cost effective healthcare for our patients. This is why it is important to establish and encourage standard practices within the infrastructure of the hospital
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In health care today nurses are confronted with the challenge of leading a variety of people; whether it is patients, families, co-workers or communities; the need for leadership and organizational skills are in demand more now than ever. The goal of this paper is to further discuss the purpose of my leadership development plan utilizing professionals, peer-reviewed articles, and credible websites that pertain to each of my SMART goals. The SMART goal topics that I have chosen are to improve
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