On May 31, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) announced the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals and Requirements. The new goals include "improving the effectiveness of communication among caregivers," especially when concerning patient hand-off situations.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 21
Medical malpractice payments grew by an average of four percent annually between 1991 and 2003, totaling a 52% increase, according to a recent study published online by the journal Health Affairs.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 20
The New Jersey state senate and general assembly has signed legislation that will help strengthen patient safety and protect patient from incompetent or impaired physicians.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 19
Five years after the landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on medical errors "To Err is Human," the nation's healthcare system has improved in preventing medical errors, according to a study in the May 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 18
Trends often start in California, so medical services professionals (MSPs) may want to watch future developments involving Senate Bill 932-state legislation that originally called for dramatic changes to how hospitals can conduct peer review hearings.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 17
Medical services professionals (MSPs) can breathe a huge sigh of relief, as the JCAHO announced it will delay until January 2007 a new requirement that would have forced many hospitals to rework their medical staff bylaws.
