AFT Task 3 As our Joint Commission audit approaches, Nightingale Community Hospital has conducted a tracer patient survey to assess our compliance. The tracer methodology tracks a selected patient's care from admission to discharge, allowing us to evaluate our systems of providing care and to ensure that we are meeting the Joint Commissions standards of providing safe, quality healthcare. Our tracer patient was a 67 year old female who presented with a fever and drainage five weeks after
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was not the best. There was oxygen tanks found on the floor and not secured. There was also dusty air vents in the patients room and in the clean utility room. The tracer tips states that all oxygen tanks need to be stored in secure stands. The Joint Commission hospital accreditation requirements for environment of care (EC.02.06.01), requires that the hospital establishes and maintains a safe, functional environment, which includes how the environment is arranged and maintained to foster patient
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프로그램을 수립하였음. 1918년 이 기구는 현장 감시프로그램을 100병상이상의 모든 병 원에 대해 실시하였는데, 실시 첫해에는 692개중 89개의 병원만 이 이러한 최소기준을 만족하였음. 1919년에 Hospital Standardization Program을 개발하였으며 이후 1951년까지 3,000개의 병원들이 조사되고 심의되었음. 1951년에 미국 의사협회, 병원협회, 내과학회와 캐나다의학협 회 가 참 여 하 여 병원 신임 합동 심의 회(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals ; JCAH)로
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Write an essay discussing the following 1. The role of the Joint Commission in accrediting medical facilities The Joint Commission was designed to help to improve the quality of patient care by assisting international health care organizations, public health agencies, health ministries and others evaluate, improve and demonstrate the quality of patient care and enhance patient safety in more than 60 countries. The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public as
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Rabbits – by Dorothy Nimmo The short story is about to sisters who are sitting in the orchard garden and having a tea party. Both of them Katy and Ellen has been given a china rabbi by their uncle. Kate who is elder by two years has gotten a blue rabbit; Ellen has gotten a brown one. Kate Manipulate her sister to give her the rabbit she had been giving. Then Katy wants her own rabbit back, and somehow gets it again. Settings The text “Rabbits” take place in a summerhouse orchard (frugthave)
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Accreditation Audit Task 1 AFT2 May 2015 Accreditation Audit Task 1 A.Nightingale Community Hospital is attempting to be in complete compliance with Joint Commission’s “communications” standards. Prior to the Joint Commission survey, Nightingale Community Hospital wanted to focus on items UP.01.01.01 through UP.01.03.01 of the Joint Commission handbook. According to the handbook, these items focus on the universal protocols for preventing wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong person surgery (2015)
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AFT2 Task 1 Christian Fisher Western Governors University AFT2 Task 1 A. Compliance Status During the last Joint Commission survey two years ago, there were several areas of deficiency surrounding the use of moderate or deep sedation or anesthesia. These noted deficiencies gave Nightingale Community Hospital the opportunity to revamp and strengthen our procedures in all areas of peri-operative services. These include the Main OR, CVOR (Cardiovascular OR), Interventional Labs (Cardiac
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Nightingale Community Hospital (NCH) is a 180-bed hospital, acute care, not-for-profit hospital that prides itself in quality healthcare. In thirteen months, NCH will face their next Joint Commission audit, and based on current findings and statistics they will need to make some adjustments to be compliant. While Joint Commission will address all the Priority Focus Areas: Infection Control, Communication, Medication Management, and Information Management, this summary will concentrate on areas in
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Barclay Memorial Hospital (BMH) has served its community since 1947 offering the best in health care and gaining the trust of the citizens in the community. A district board was set up to govern the hospital and direct it in a way that would allow the hospital to achieve their goals by bringing quality health care to the neighborhood. The district board was made up of five members who were elected by residents in the district to serve 3-year terms. Around 10 years ago, the board and the CEO decided
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Patient and Family Centered Care Kimberley Masterson WGU0713 Stacy Stratton-Mentor Practice Setting Wellington Regional Medical Center is located in Wellington, Florida. It is a 233-bed, acute-care hospital, owned by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc., a highly respected, healthcare management organization. Wellington Regional Medical Center is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc.(UHS), a King of Prussia, PA-based company, that is one of the largest
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