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RTN1312_A_Highlights
State & Psychiatric Hospital Compliance Collaborative’s Reading Tips Newsletter (RTN) December 2013, Volume 7, Issue 12 **WHAT’S NEW for December 2013 Your Feedback Is Essential To Our Quality! Whether you are a PDCA die hard or DMAIC devotee, you know that quality is a dynamic, cyclical concept requiring ongoing improvement. You also know that part…
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RTN1312_B1_RC.02.01.21 – Preferred Language
Recommended Readings, Tips & Pearls *PR: – CLARIFICATION: Requirements for Collecting a Patient’s Preferred Language[®] [REF:PtAd, RN, SW,] Perspectives, December 2013, Vol 33, #12, Pg 6 JCp1312_B1 Identifying a patients preferred language is a requirement of both RC.02.01.01 EP1 and PC.02.01.21 EP1. Whether it is labeled ‘Preferred Language‘, ‘Primary Language’ or some other variation/abbreviation, the…
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RTN1312_B2_NPSG.15.01.01 – Suicide
*TS: 5 Sure-Fire Methods: Complying with NPSG.15.01.01[®] [REF: BHC, MD, SW] The Source, December 2013, Vol 12, #6, Pg 2 JCs1312_B2 Although not in the top 10 for hospitals, NPSG.15.01.01 is #5 in the top 10 of problematic standards for BHC organizations. Unfortunately, suicide persists as one of the most frequently reported sentinel events (#7…