Members enjoy full text reprints, enhanced searches, peer discussions, and more.     Subscribe     Benefits     Tools Library     Articles by Topic     Current Issue     Product Resources Articles by Topic Medication Reconciliation Q&A with Kurt Patton: Who should perform med rec at transfer? 02/01/07 Strategies to comply with med rec requirements 11/01/06 New med rec requirement 'already expected' by JCAHO 11/01/06 JCAHO answers some common med rec questions 11/01/06 Sentinel Event Alert stresses medication reconciliation efforts 03/01/06 Three tips for successful reconciliation training 12/01/05 Hand-off Communication Q&A with Kurt Patton 04/01/07 Fine-tune your handoff communication processes 04/01/07 Dealing with physician-to- physician hand-offs 02/01/07 A wider view of hand-off communication 06/01/06 Baton transfer aids hospital hand-offs 02/01/06 Four tips to meet JCAHO hand-off goal 10/01/05 Critical Test Results Involve staff in process to improve critical test results policies 01/01/08 Defining values and tests crucial to CTR standard 04/01/07 Surveyor's mastery of tracer methodology shows during lab survey 02/01/07 Other National Patient Safety Goals The Joint Commission says hospitals are improving 05/01/07 Hospitals must be clear about using patient identifiers 05/01/07 NPSG #2 tops 2006 list of compliance issues 04/01/07 The Joint Commission releases 147 FAQs for 2007 National Patient Safety Goals 03/01/07 Goal or not, why you should address disruptive clinician behavior 12/01/06 Q&A with Kurt Patton 11/01/06 Patient care goal easy to meet, but don't dismiss 10/01/06 Suicide goal applicability unclear for hospitals 09/01/06 2007 goals seem simple, but details are emerging 08/01/06 JCAHO releases proposed 2007 National Patient Safety Goals 01/01/06 Experts answer frequently asked goals questions 11/01/05 JCAHO IDs potential goals 10/01/05 JCAHO announces 2006 NPSGs 07/01/05 JCAHO may add eight new Patient Safety Goals 03/01/05 Medication/Medical Errors Q&A with Kurt Patton 05/01/07 Assessing medication management risks essential to drug safety of hospital 05/01/07 Compliance with MM.3.20 comes down to following hospital policy for med orders 03/01/07 Standard of the month: MM.2.20 01/01/07 Tips to comply with the JCAHO's recently updated look-alike/ sound-alike list 12/01/06 Systemwide efforts help hospital prevent drug diversion problems 03/01/06 Eight expert tips for medication labeling success 02/01/06 Include contrast media in monthly inspections 01/01/06 Policy not the only answer to range order problems 12/01/05 Joint Commission Survey Preparation/Staff Training One year later, hospital is still busy gathering data 05/01/07 Two surveys show consistency in The Joint Commission's survey process 03/01/07 Surveyor's mastery of tracer methodology shows during lab survey 02/01/07 An educational, open, and nonpunitive survey experience 11/01/06 What data are surveyors looking for when they arrive? 11/01/06 Team approach to survey prep helps staff anticipate surveyor questions 10/01/06 Test and retest your unannounced survey readiness 07/01/06 Daily check of extranet site buys one hospital two hours of prep time 06/01/06 Culture of survey readiness important to preparing for unannounced process 05/01/06 First unannounced JCAHO survey catches AZ medical center by surprise 04/01/06 Follow the paper trail to JCAHO survey success 03/01/06 E-mails help hospital train, get perfect survey score 02/01/06 Validation survey may precede status change 12/01/05 Tracers, PPR approach give one hospital perfect JCAHO survey 09/01/05 'Disaster plan' helps staff prep for unannounced survey 08/01/05 Hospitals get satisfaction through patient surveys 08/01/05 Stroke care saves money, empowers staff at one facility 05/01/05 The staff have spoken: Staff education is a hit 02/01/05 Survey focuses on nursing shortage, staffing effectiveness, and credentialing 01/01/05 Joint Commission Surveyors Hospital's preparedness allowed surveyors to put staff at ease during process 04/01/07 How surveyors will quiz you on emergency electrical power failures 10/30/06 Sample questions for emergency power preparedness 10/30/06 Patient Tracers/System Tracers Lab, suicide tracers part of hospital surveys in 2007 12/01/06 This CEO goes on mock tracers, and yours should, too 11/01/06 Mock patient and system tracers 'key component' to unannounced survey success 08/01/06 Learn how to recruit, train, and ultimately share the duty 06/01/06 Hospital learns informed staff are essential to system tracers 04/01/05 Surveyors trace patients while hospital traces surveyors 02/01/05 Periodic Performance Review Management Surveyor guidance clarifies PPR findings and track record 09/01/06 Hospitals to have full survey option during periodic performance review 02/01/06 PPR can help prepare hospitals for real deal 11/01/05 PPR options 2 and 3 becoming a 'real' survey 07/01/05 Case study: Hospital chooses PPR option one 03/01/05 Requirements for Improvement/Evidence of standards compliance Steps to overturn prohibited abbreviation RFIs 12/01/06 Wiping away RFIs during survey is possible, one hospital discovers 09/01/06 JCAHO increases number of allowable RFIs during surveys 05/01/06 Providing backup materials helps hospitals prove point after survey 02/01/06 Six steps for submitting a clarification to JCAHO 04/01/05 CMS Survey Management CoP hot topics: Restraint reporting questions remain 05/01/07 Answers to your FAQs on the CoP 04/01/07 New rule for hospital discharges takes effect July 1 03/01/07 New rule means restraint and seclusion policy update 02/01/07 Make verbal order policies JCAHO/CMS friendly