New Jersey has two types of “surgery centers.” Of the 300 registered surgery centers, about half are traditional licensed ambulatory surgical centers (ASC). They fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health. The other half are registered physician surgical practices, known as “one-...
When exploring the possibility of bringing APPs into your organization, start by taking stock of your current practitioners. Are any APPs already practicing there? If so, what are they doing, and where are they doing it?
Compared to a tertiary hospital, resources can be tight and clinical expertise narrowly concentrated in a scaled-down facility such as a microhospital. “In the acute care setting, in most cases, you presume you’re going to have a full-fledged medical staff and most of the ancillary support...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 8
Although advances in technology have helped address the issue of retained surgical items, experts agree that communication and culture are key to reducing incidences.
"I was surprised that the measure changes were not huge. The measures that have been proposed for removal are not that highly used—we were expecting some of them to go away."
- Ida Mantashi, chair of the Electronic Health Record Association's Quality Measurement Workgroup, discusses CMS' ...
Every ED deals with difficult cases. Regardless of the ED’s capacity to deal with an emergent medical condition or with a noncompliant patient, it’s important to be able to show how staff dealt with each patient on a case-by-case basis.
