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The NSPF Patient Safety Congress is a conference dedicated solely to patient safety. The NPSF Annual Congress provides an opportunity for practitioners, leaders, and experts around the world to come...
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The NSPF Patient Safety Congress is a conference dedicated solely to patient safety. The NPSF Annual Congress provides an opportunity for practitioners, leaders, and experts around the world to come...
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Clinical alarm management issues are consistently ranked as the top patient safety issue by many organizations. Alarm hazards is listed as the number one hazard on the ECRI Institute’s 2015...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the new Clean Hands Count campaign urging healthcare professionals, patients, and patients’ loved ones to prevent healthcare-associated infections by keeping their...
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QUESTION What is the CMS regulation that requires treatment modalities to be included in the patient treatment plan? ANSWER CMS §482.61(c) requires that each patient must have an individual comprehensive treatment plan. The...
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MCN Healthcare would like to celebrate and say THANK YOU to all of the women and men who support patient care and safety in our communities and hospitals! MCN HEALTHCARE Regulatory Compliance...
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Question: Does The Joint Commission allow text messaging of orders for patient care, treatment and services? Answer: Yes. The Joint Commission (TJC) recently reversed their stance on the use of text messaging for...
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It has been almost 34 years since I graduated from nursing school. So many things have changed over the time. The number of hospitals and hospital beds grew and now...
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The Joint Commission (TJC) has published a list of 131 requirements from its Hospital program that have been deleted effective July 1, 2016. According to TJC, these requirements are being...
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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), in collaboration with Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC), recently released an Alert to provide information on...
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QUESTION: Can a podiatrist complete an H&P per CMS regulations? ANSWER: Yes. CMS 482.22(c)(5) addresses who may complete a history and physical. The regulations states that the medical staff bylaws must include a...
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