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RTN1401_B2_Second Victim Staff Support
*TS: Saving the “Second Victim” Helping the Clinicians Involved in Patient Safety Events[®] [REF: MDx, LDR, RNx, StEd] The Source, January 2014, Vol 12, #1, Pg 1 #JCs1401_B2 Element 9 of LD.04.04.05 requires leaders to make ‘support systems’ available to staff who have been involved in an adverse or sentinel event…Second Victims. Not only is this…
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RTN1401_B4_Hospital Engagement Networks
*TS: – CMS: Hospital Engagement Networks[®] [Pearl: CMS, GB, MDx, LDR] The Source, January 2014, Vol 12, #1, Pg 10 #JCs1401_B4 Hospital Engagement Networks (HENs) are part of the CMS Partnership for Patients (PFP). The PFP is a public-private endeavor to improve the quality, safety and affordability of health care for all Americans. There are…
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RTN1312_B7_S&C14-06 EMTALA
* CM: – Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Requirements & Conflicting Payor Requirements or Collection Practices[®] S&C: 14-06-Hospitals /CAHs EC News December 13, 2013 [REF: JGB, LDR, MD, PtAd] CMs1312_B7 In this guidance document, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making it very clear that Medicare-participating hospitals are required to comply…