RAFT Task 1 Accreditation Case Study Name: Marissa D. Jose Instructor: Dr. Linda Joyce Gunn, CPHRM Course title: AFT2 Accreditation Audit Name of institution: Western Governor University Current Compliance Status for Infection Prevention and Control 1. Commission Standard: Infection Investigation/Identification Recently the hospital implements preventing spread of Infection. The hospital has a successful framework for controlling
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NIGHTINGALE INFECTION CONTROL STATUS Nightingale Infection Control Status Daniel Pennebaker Western Governors University, College of Business Abstract This executive summary will judge the status of Nightingale Community Hospital’s Infection Control performance against the Joint Commission’s accreditation standards. The summary will include a corrective action plan designed to aid Nightingale in meeting all standards. Nightingale Infection Control Status Executive Summary TASK A Accreditation
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Running head: ACCREDITATION AUDIT- TASK 4 COMPLAINCE STATUS Joint Commission clearly explained that a Periodic Performance Review is as an assessment tool designed to help in assisting the healthcare organization contributes greatly in the improvement and monitoring performance all through the year. The periodic performance focuses more on the measures that has to do with patients safety and care and at same time given the facility for unremitting standards fulfillment. NCH is 100% compliance with
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healthcare is, this project aims on understanding the drivers for this high cost and possible ways to control them. One of the important drivers for this high healthcare cost that we identified and will discuss in this paper is unnecessary care. Although there are number of factors contributing to unnecessary care, this paper focuses on four key issues mainly sterilization, hospital acquired infections, medical errors and hospital readmissions. Sterilization: Background of the issue Hospitals
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behavior health, long term care, health care facilities, clinical laboratories, health care networks and hospice. Numerous of accreditation organization is also taking place within the United States, but the Joint commission remains the largest The Joint commission accredits 20,000 organization” which” one third are Hospitals. The joint commission is assigned a special task to improve health care by evaluating health care of organization as well as encouraging health organizations to provide safe
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Joint Commission Action Plan Accreditation Audit – AFT2 Task 1 Nightingale Community Hospital is a 180 bed hospital that prides itself in creating the most cost effective place to heal in the comfort of the most compassionate staff of excellence. Nightingale Community Hospital is thirteen months away from a visit from Joint Commission. The four identifying factors that we need to focus on are four areas: Information Management, Medication Management, Communication
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It was stated in our reading material that the Gallop poll rated Nursing to be the most ethical profession and expecting nursing professionals to illustrate the highest ethical standards from any industry. Nurses are held accountable for the patient and their family’s welfare. The ANA provides the Nursing profession guidelines to treat every patient with dignity, respect, and compassion also free from any personal judgment of race, social or economic status, personal disparities, or disregard to
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9 | Task 1 | P1 | 10 | Task 2 | P2/M1/D1 | 10 | Task 3 | P3 | 11 | | | | Task 4 | P4/M2 | 11 | Task 5Task 6 | P5P6/M3/D2 | 1112 | | | | | | | * Must be submitted with learner’s evidence. Assignment 7 – Unit 7: Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care Learner Name: Assessor Name: Issue Date: Deadline Date: Submission Date: Learner Tracker Assignment 1 | Assessment Criteria | Completed | Grade | Task 1 | | | | Task 2 | |
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Executive Summary Joint Commission Standards Compliance Prepared by: AK- Joint Commission Priority Focus Area: Communication RAFT Task 1 The Joint Commission Priority Focus area for Nightnigale included the four areas: • • • • Information Management Medication Management Infection Control Communication All these priorities focus on the national patients safety goal as the most important in patient management and treatment, and guide the hospitals toward appropriate policies and protocols
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and align its goals in order to better serve the community at large. In short, it means the hospital needs to maintain compliance with the Joint Commission standards and provide consistent and quality care to its recipients. Compliance is a difficult task to achieve. It requires great effort on the part on the administrators and work force and requires the collaboration of interdisciplinary teams to bring about the desired effect. In order to monitor compliance, the hospital utilizes a periodic performance
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