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RTN1608_A_Highlights
State & Psychiatric Hospital Compliance Collaborative’s Reading Tips Newsletter (RTN) August 2016, Volume 11, Issue 8 ** PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 2016 **Article of the Month Revising the Statement of ConditionsTM (SOC): PFI rules, SPFI, Time-Limited Waivers, and the end of the 6-month grace period EOC News August 2016, Vol 19 , Number 8…
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RTN1608_B1_Sentinel Event Statistics 2016a
Recommended Readings, Tips & Pearls *PR: Sentinel Event Statistics for First Half of 2016 (PDF)[REF: LDR, SC] Perspectives, August 2016, Vol 36, #8, Pg 4 JCp1608_B1 The five most recently reported sentinel events (relevant to psychiatric hospitals) for the first half of this year included: #2/5: Falls • Key causal factors: Inadequate assessment, communication failures…
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RTN1608_B2_Tracer @ Point-of-Care Testing & Laboratories
*TS: Tracer Methodology 101: Point-of-Care Testing and Laboratories (PDF)[REF:Lab] The Source, August 2016, Vol 14, #8, Pg 7 JCs1608_B2 As background for this tracer the article reports a “growing number of inaccuracies in waived testing”. In particular, the article’s discussants focus on the concern of having unqualified staff performing non waived tests. This may be…