days that nurses work, and amount of patients nurses have a day, it can be quite difficult. One Sentinel Event that The Joint Commission published in 2011 was "Health care worker fatigue and patient safety." Fatigue can result from "an inadequate amount of sleep or insufficient quality of sleep over an extended period can lead to a number of problems." (The Joint Commission (TJC), 2011, p.1) One of the "problems" associated with fatigue was "slowed or faulty information processing and judgement"
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forth by the Joint Commission. In preparing for the Joint Commission visit there are focus priority areas that will need to be addressed if Nightingale is going to be compliant. The specific focus area addressed in this summary is medication management. There are three standards that come under the medication management area. The standards are listed in the table below along with their descriptions and summary of whether Nightingale Hospital has the documentation/data to be Joint Commission compliant
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Prison Health Care Agency Paper Health care is a huge topic however it may be looked at, but looking at health care from the point of view of a person in prison, brings up a whole new view. People who are in prison have many state and federal laws which says that all prisons must provide medical facilities for all inmates’ health care needs. In this paper, will identify one governmental agency that regulates healthcare that is provided in prisons, jails, and juvenile confinement facilities
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Compliance Status “Effective communication is a cornerstone of patient safety” (The Joint Commission, 2007). Nightingale Community Hospital has areas of improvement needed in the area of communication. The following are the results of an audit for National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) compliance. * Hospital –wide compliance of reporting critical results within 60 minutes with supporting documentation present is 82% at its highest. * Verbal Order/Read Back – 7 departments are not at 100%
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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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Sarah Phillips Willow Bend Hospital’s compliance does indeed have multiple deficiencies and is in need of review as many were updated in 2009 and 2010. All information on deficiencies would be found on the latest updated version of the Joint Commission Information Standards. This should be located within the Corporate Compliance/Risk Manager’s office. As this information is not currently available to this writer without a subscription and fee, I must use the information available to me.
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EVALUATING A WEBSITE: JOINT COMMISSION CREDIBILITY Evaluation TJC’s website is published by very well known organization and ends in .org which makes it very appropriate for offering authority. The information throughout the website is very accurate and provides daily updates. There is a link that is labeled “Daily Update” that offers most recent news anywhere from the day of your search to as far back as a month ago. There is also a “Contact Us” link that offers a
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31 (Your views: 2) Promoting Quality and Safety through Standards Core measures developed by the Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have provided goals and standards for improved patient care. One element of the core measures is pneumonia. The performance measures for patients diagnosed with pneumonia were developed in a collaborative effort including the Joint Commission (TJC), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Infectious Disease Society of America
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Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2004 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of enforcement actions alleging fraud and other violations against Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold N.V.) (Ahold) and three former top executives: Cees van der Hoeven, former CEO and chairman of executive board; A. Michiel Meurs, former CFO and executive board member; and Jan Andreae, former executive vice president and executive board member. The Commission also charged Roland Fahlin, former member of Ahold's
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Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2004 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of enforcement actions alleging fraud and other violations against Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold N.V.) (Ahold) and three former top executives: Cees van der Hoeven, former CEO and chairman of executive board; A. Michiel Meurs, former CFO and executive board member; and Jan Andreae, former executive vice president and executive board member. The Commission also charged Roland Fahlin, former member of Ahold's
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