CINCINNATI – July 07, 2009 – Compass Clinical Consulting (http://www.compass-clinical.com) has launched the Hospital Accreditation and Compliance resource Web site (http://www.hospital-accreditation.com) for use by hospital and healthcare systems leaders, nursing executives, physician leaders and medical group executives. Wowzio grab this · education blog ONLINE KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE FOR HOSPITAL LEADERS With the mounting number and complexity [...]
CINCINNATI – July 07, 2009 – Compass Clinical Consulting (http://www.compass-clinical.com) has launched the Hospital Accreditation and Compliance resource Web site (http://www.hospital-accreditation.com) for use by hospital and healthcare systems leaders, nursing executives, physician leaders and medical group executives.
ONLINE KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE FOR HOSPITAL LEADERS
With the mounting number and complexity of hospital regulations, this up-to-date, informative and educational Web site provides critical information on the standards and survey processes of both The Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY
Being out of compliance, or receiving negative survey results, can hurt hospitals financially and operationally. Such performance can even cause a hospital to fall into immediate jeopardy – a precursor to Medicare decertification and a designation that can quickly cause a financial and public relations crisis for the hospital.
QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE
A prompt, effective response from hospital leaders can certainly help an institution avoid this “near death experience,” but in some cases, hospitals are forced to close anyway – with a dramatic impact on the quality of patient care and the economy of the entire community.
HOSPITAL RECOVERY
The Hospital Accreditation and Compliance resource Web site provides useful, proven tools and guidelines for preventing, mitigating, recovering from and responding to a hospital’s requirements for improvement, or even immediate jeopardy. It also outlines the following:
• Operational impact – Learn more about the serious operational implications that occur upon failure to address any regulatory findings, including immediate jeopardy
• Quality of care – Find out how immediate jeopardy can impact clinical operations and quality of care
• Prevention – Read about core measures and planning safety initiatives
• Mitigation – Learn how to act immediately to prevent an event from impacting a new patient, as well as how to empower staff to do whatever it takes to protect patients
• Response – Discover how to resolve compliance issues (including immediate jeopardy), and take steps to assure they don’t reoccur
THE EXPERT
Ruth Elzer, RN, MS, a nationally recognized speaker and expert on hospital accreditation and compliance will be the Web site’s featured expert and moderator. Ruth is the Practice Leader for Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance at Compass Clinical Consulting and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
HOSPITALS 2.0
The Hospital Accreditation and Compliance resource Web site is a part of Compass Clinical Consulting’s strategy to share healthcare information, insights and inspiration with hospital leaders.
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