“ JCAHO is an abbreviation for Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is a non-for-profit organization that seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. It is an organization made up of individuals from the private medical sector to develop and maintain standards of quality in medical facilities in
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is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof. What would be considered a serious injury would be a loss of limb, or its function and, or loss of life. These events are called sentinel events because they require immediate attention from JHACO. The goal of JHACO in this area is to reduce injuries such as inpatient suicide, initiate the wrong surgery, fatal falls and infant abduction just to name a few. JHACO has established national safety
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The rise of medical tourism in Bangkok While most travellers aim to stay out of the hospital while on vacation, a growing number of medical tourists – people who combine treatment with travel -- are crossing international borders for the sole purpose of attaining medical services, which can range from a hip replacement to a tummy tuck. * Related video: Going local -- Bangkok, Thailand Widespread air travel, mounting healthcare costs in developed countries, long waiting lists and an ageing
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Running Head: IMPROVE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN MIDDLEFIELDImprove financial performance in Middlefield | | Health Service Systems Professor: Julie DennisDeVry/Keller University Online | 2/8/2015 | | As CEO of Middlefield Hospital for 2 ½ years now, I analyzed, observe and came up with a plan of execution to finally rectify the current workforce challenges that not only burden but also tormented the hospital when I first arrived. Recently meeting with the chief of financial officer (CFO)
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based on Joint 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
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Communication, this is the key focus area that is evaluated in this summary. Communication is a key focus area of the joint commission audit and is also a key area in which Nightingale Community can make enhancements. Communications must be a two way free flow of information. The information exchanges occur between providers, staff, and patients or clients. This was an area that needed improvement was noted in the previous accreditation audit. Some noted prior issues from 2 years ago included patient
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Tracer Patient Audit AFT2 Accreditation Audit October 10th, 2014 Tracer Patient Audit With an audit by the Joint Commission (JC) in the near future, Nightingale Community Hospital (NCH) is performing a tracer patient survey to measure our compliance and identify issues that are in need of remediation. The practice of this type of survey tracks a patient’s care for the duration of their stay starting from the admission process and ending when they are discharged. This system allows
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Joint Commission Executive Summary Ryan Lefever Western Governors University Joint Commission Executive Summary Nightingale Community Hospital strives to provide compassionate care in a safe environment. In the competitive market of healthcare, it is imperative to meet The Joint Commissions’ standards. The goal of the Joint Commission is to provide up to date patient safety standards for healthcare organizations to meet. While these safety issues are important in their own right
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Can you image having something lounged in your knee causing unbearable pain after surgery. In 2010 a patient went to a local hospital in Woodland Hills California, to have a knee replacement surgery done, and the operating surgeon left a foreign object inside the knee after performing surgery.(CDOPH). (Jones 2012). It was found that their was a unidentified nurse working in the in the surgical unit who failed to do a correct count on the sponges before surgery and after. Further more she forged
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and reviewed an accreditation audit for Nightingale Community Hospital to organize and ensure compliance with Joint Commission standards for our hospital. We are preparing for a site visit that should occur within the next 13 months. I have reviewed the current compliance status of our hospital and will explain our corrective action plan that will ensure compliance with the Joint Commission standards for the focus area of communication. An accreditation audit was performed by Carl Anderson, Director
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