Long-Term Care Survey Alert
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CROSS WALKING QUALITY MEASURES TO QUALITY INDICATORS
Published on Tue Oct 01, 2002
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Long-Term Care Survey Alert
- Quality Improvement:
BEWARE OF CONFIDENTIALITY LOOPHOLE WHEN WORKING WITH YOUR QIO
Quality improvemnet organizations can be a big help to nursing facilities looking to shine in [...] - Quality Initiative:
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND STATE SURVEY AGENCIES CRITICAL TO NHQI SUCCESS
Nursing facilities might find their relationship with quality improvement organizations and state survey agencies reminiscent [...] - Regulatory Compliance:
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELF-DISCLOSE POSES ADVANTAGES
Say the quality improvement organization tells you to report what it views as a "substantial [...] - Quality Measures:
CMS SHEDS LIGHT ON NATIONAL QUALITY MEASURES
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently shared some key information about how nursing [...] - Chart:
CROSS WALKING QUALITY MEASURES TO QUALITY INDICATORS
- Care Plan Management:
CONSOLIDATE RESIDENT PROBLEMS AND SKIP AN F279 TAG
What do anxiety, confusion, poor adjustment to nursing home placement and psychotropic drug use have [...] - Survey Appeals:
SET RECORD STRAIGHT WITH IDR
Nursing facilities can benefit from informal dispute resolution to challenge deficiencies for almost as many [...] - Survey Appeals:
INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION: SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL
Considering informal dispute resolution? Nursing home providers should ask themselves the following questions to determine [...] - Accreditation:
NEW YEAR HERALDS EASIER ACCREDITATION PROCESS
Long-term care accreditation for nursing facilities will be a lot easier when the Joint Commission [...] - Accreditation:
ACCREDITATION AS MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY
Some facilities use accreditation as a strategy to make sure they're on track with resident [...] - Infection Control:
CMS APPROVES STANDING ORDERS FOR FLU AND PNEUMONIA SHOTS
With the flu season upon us, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just made [...] - Survey Preparation:
GET YOUR DOCUMENTS IN A ROW ON SURVEY DAY
Survey day is not the time to look or feel disorganized. One of the most [...] - Infection Control:
BEAN SPROUTS DANGEROUS
Here's one "health" food that is probably best left off your facility's menu in raw [...] - Clinical Studies:
MORE STAPH FOUND IN LARGER NURSING HOMES
Elderly residents living in large nursing homes or infacilities with many long-term residents are more [...] - State News:
PROBE OF SEX OR SURVEY SANCTIONS SCANDAL WIDENS
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and state attorney general's office have joined the state ethics [...] - Clinical Studies:
NURSES OVERESTIMATE RISK OF PAIN-KILLER ADDICTION
Nurses are good at assessing their patients' pain, but they still have an exaggerated fear [...]
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