and staffing effectiveness. Trend within the hospital indicates the Nightingale has made significant progress towards fulfilling the standards of the Joint Review Commission. However, the trends in staffing effectiveness are limiting the organization’s compliance. Periodic Performance Review (PPR) The PPR is based on data collected in the Joint Commission Survey. The survey utilized the priority focus methodology to evaluate the compliance of Nightingale Community Hospital. The priority focus
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executive summary of the accreditation audit is presented to the senior leadership to outline the compliance, plan of compliance and institution of the hospital under the reviewed focus area of Information Management as per the Joint Commission Standards. COMPLIANCE STATUS. The Joint Commission Standard IM 02.02.01 requires that the hospital effectively manages the collection of health information. Nightingale Community Hospital is in compliance with this standard under its patient care policy which
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Abstract Planning to build a grandfather clock equipped me with the skills needed to make new friends. The commitment to finish what was started instilled in me the confidence to open my life up to another human on a deeper level. Utilizing the tools I had been equipped with, I was able to follow through with the plans I had laid out and made one of my dreams come true. Concrete Experience While attending a Bible study with some
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Executive Summary: Nightingale Community Hospital Joint Commission Compliance Standards for Communication Focus Area Recently there has been much media focus on preventable medical errors. Any google search will produce a multitude of news articles that all report that preventable medical errors is now the third leading cause of death in the United States. Poor communication plays a role in most if not all of these errors. In fact the Joint Commission (2012) has published that an estimated 80%
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Joint Commission Eligibility for Hospital Accreditation, the organization must be in the United States or its territories, or if outside the United States, is operated by the U.S. government or under a charter of the U.S. Congress. For all programs by law the organization has a facility license or registration to conduct its scope of services. The organization can demonstrate that it continually assesses and improves the quality of its care, treatment, and/or services. .The organization identifies
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leadership surrounding this process improvement, the hospital has been able to reduce the number of deliveries to less than 5% for the last 6 months (Gateway Medical Center, 2015). The hospital has also become a member of the Joint Commission (Gateway Medical Center, 2015). The Joint Commission accreditation will conduct surveys to evaluate the facility’s compliance with national standards (Gateway Medical Center, 2015). These improvements can only be achieved by having strong leadership within the hospital
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The Joint Commission Noelle Cunningham HCS 430 April 15, 2013 Norman Greene The Joint Commission The Joint Commission continually seeks to improve health care for the public (The Joint Commission, 2013). The Joint Commission began in 1910 as an evaluation process called “the end result system of hospital standardization” to determine successful treatments of patients. Over the next 40 years, The Joint Commission evolved into a collaboration system. In 1951, several stakeholders, such as the
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top executives, which are vision and strategic-based and therefore enforced throughout several tiers within the organization. Accreditation: The hospital is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), The Joint Commission and licensed by the District of Columbia Regulatory Affairs Department. Financial Stability: The George Washington University Hospital is a for-profit organization and is currently struggling to achieve its operating budget targets.
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The children between four and eleven Possible Negatives This might affect them if they are in an environment such as school that is predominantly filled with children in nuclear families. They might wonder what is wrong with their family; feel inadequate because they don’t understand. They only get to spend alternate weekends with their dad and half of the holidays. During these times the biological father might compensate by making them participate in some “fun” related activities, and so the
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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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