Community South Medical Center HCA340: Managing in Health & Human Services Instructor April 1‚ 2013 Community South Medical Center Strategic plans are critical to any business field including the health care field. However‚ the health care industry is constantly changing and strategies need to adjust with those industry changes. This is the only way for the health care business to keep competitive in the health care field. Strategic planning is the process of identifying a desired
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The AMA was founded in Philadelphia in 1847. The Flexner Report was published in 1910 and impacted the status of medical school education. Hill-Burton Act of 1948 provided federal monies to update hospitals JCAH which is now JCAHO was created in 1951. JCAHO is an independent accreditation agency for health care facilities (all types). Medicare and Medicaid were enacted by Congress in 1965 Privacy Act of 1974 - protect the privacy of information systems in federal health care facilities
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patient safety because of the prevention of errors. It promotes safe and efficient communication between the healthcare team. It would also help standardized the healthcare system. Acceptable abbreviations have been studies by a few organizations. JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) provides institutions with a list of dangerous abbreviations that should be avoided in clinical documentation. Also‚ ISMP (Institute for Safe Medication Practice) promotes the consistent
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help control and assign the behavior of certain groups by monitoring and enforcing the rules if they fail to follow imposing sanctions on them (Shi Singh‚ 2013). For example‚ the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organization known as JCAHO is one of the oldest regulatory tools in healthcare. They help set standards for hospitals and healthcare facilities. If a facility fails to meet standard‚ they face fines or
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such as Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) that governs the health care industry or a particular segment of the industry. In addition‚ this paper will also identify the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) role‚ the impact it has on healthcare‚ the examples how they carry out their duties in regards to healthcare‚ the regulatory authority does JCAHO have in relation to health care‚ and what is their process for accreditation
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Barbara M. Cook HCA 375: Continuous Quality Monitoring & Accreditation Illegible Physicians Handwriting Jacqueline McClure August 31‚ 2009 Introduction Illegible handwriting and transcription errors are responsible for as much as 61 percent of medication errors in hospitals. A simple mistake such as putting the decimal point in the wrong place can have serious consequences causing a patient ’s dosage to be 10 times the recommended amount. This is a serious problem. Bad handwriting
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Nightingale Hospital’s mission is to strive for healthcare excellence. As such‚ it is imperative for us to work to address any deficiencies found on our state audits. As always‚ our goal is for 100% compliance in all survey areas as even a 1% deficiency brings the potential for patient injury or death and for increased hospital operating costs. On our last Joint Commission survey‚ four priority focus areas were identified: information management‚ medication management‚ communication and infection
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Axia College Material Appendix C Acute Care Patient Reports Fill in the following table with a general description of each type of patient report‚ who may have to sign or authenticate it‚ and the standard time frame that JCAHO or AOA requires for it to be completed or placed in the patient’s record. Four of the reports have been done for you. |Name of Report |Brief Description of Contents |Who Signs the Report |Filing Standard |
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Quality Improvement Report Kathleen Lepley HCS/588 January 14‚ 2013 Patricia Wolcott Quality Improvement Report Quality Improvement (QI) is an organizational approach leading to the quality of patient care and patient services through use of specific guidelines‚ principles‚ and methods to ensure quality of care for every patient and health care facility throughout the world. Quality outcomes focus on the principles of quality management. These measurements investigate the quality of care
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Associate Level Material Appendix C Acute Care Patient Reports Fill in the following table with a general description of each type of patient report‚ who may have to sign or authenticate it‚ and the standard time frame that JCAHO or AOA requires for it to be completed or placed in the patient’s record. Four of the reports have been done for you. |Name of Report |Brief Description of Contents |Who Signs the Report |Filing Standard
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