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RTN1306_B1_Patient Flow (LD.04.03.11)
Recommended Readings, Tips & Pearls •PR: – The “Patient Flow Standard” and the 4-Hour Recommendation[®] [Ref: GB, LDR, MDx, RNx] Perspectives, June 2013, Pg 1, Vol 33, #6 Effective January 1, 2014, there will be two enhancements to the requirements for managing patient flow as called for in LD.04.03.11. Although these standards focus primarily on the…
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RTN1306_B2_SE Reporting
• PR: – Clarifying Misconceptions About Sentinel Event Reporting [Pearl: JCSC, Mdx, PI, LDR] Perspectives June 2013, Pg 9, Vol 33, #6 This article provides general encouragement for organizations to self-report sentinel events. It raises several examples of misconceptions that may hinder such reporting unnecessarily. One of these would relate to the statement ‘the patient came…
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RTN1306_B3_Patient Flow/Boarding (LD.04.03.11-1/3)
• TS: – Mount Sinai Tackles Patient Boarding [REF: GB, LDR, MDx, RNx] The Source, June 2013, Vol 11, #6, Pg1 To further alert and prepare the field for January 2014 implementation, here is a second article in a TJC publication this month on the topic of Patient Flow. This one is to be the…