Standards & Guidelines
A Guide to The Joint Commission's Medication Management Standards, Second Edition :: Joint Commission - August 01, 2009
Detailed case studies and discussion of 2009 Medication Management standards. Book available for purchase $75.... read more
Best Practice Guide to Action: Continuity of Care Transfer Project :: Missouri Hospital Association - December 16, 2009
A best practice guide to improve the transfer process of patients from the ED, nursing units and long-term care communities. This guide presents an overvie... read more
Best Practices for Management and Board Collaboration in Health IT Adoption :: NAHIT - January 13, 2010
In an economy where demands for health care services have grown with limited resources available, health information technology is proving more vital than ... read more
CMS Hospital-Acquired Conditions Resources :: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - January 21, 2010
A list of resources, PDFs and audio files focused around CMS Hospital-Acquired Conditions and Present of the Admission Indicator Report policy. Resources ... read more
Collaborative on Reducing Readmissions :: Florida Hospital Collaboration - November 12, 2009
Florida hospitals have joined together to focus on reducing preventable readmissions to hospitals within 15 days and 30 days.... read more
Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infection in Acute Care Hospitals :: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America - October 01, 2008
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Infectious Disease Society of America, The Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Ep... read more
Drug Resistant Organisms :: The Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America - April 04, 2008
This site provides guidelines and other resources.... read more
Framework for a Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan in Response to a Sentinel Event :: Joint Commission - April 01, 2009
This template will helping in organizing the steps in a root cause analysis and developing an action plan.... read more
Health Reform: How Hospitals and Physicians will be Affected :: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - July 15, 2010
The article analyzes the implications of health reform policy on hospital operations, analyzing the impact of pilot programs to boost quality performance, ... read more
Improving Patient Flow and Throughput in California Hospitals Operating Room Services :: California Healthcare Foundation - December 01, 2006
A white paper on improving patient throughput in ORs.... read more
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