Emergency Department
Compliance Manual Aspen Health & Administration Development Group
Softcover:
720 pages
ISBN 0735581789
9780735581784
Aspen Publishers
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
2009 (click the button below for the very best available price)
Emergency Department Compliance Manual
provides everything you need to stay in compliance with complex
emergency department regulations, including such topics as:
Legal compliance questions and
answers - find the legal answers you need in seconds;
Joint Commission survey questions
and answers - get inside guidance from colleagues who have been
there;
Hospital accreditation standard
analysis - learn about Joint Commission standards as they apply
to the emergency department;
Complying with COBRA;
Dealing with psychiatric patients;
Negotiating consent requirements;
Obtaining reimbursement for ED
services;
Avoiding employment law problems;
Reference materials for emergency
department compliance;
and more
The Manual offers all the tools you need
to comply with emergency department-related regulations, laws,
and accreditations standards. Plus, Emergency Department
Compliance Manual includes sample documentation that hospitals
across the country have used to show compliance with legal
requirements and Joint Commission standards:
Age-related competencies
Patient assessment policies and
procedures
Consent forms
Advance directives
Policies and protocols
Roles and responsibilities of ED
staff
Quality improvement tools
Conscious sedation policies and
procedures
Triage, referral, and discharge
policies and procedures
And much more!
Emergency Department Compliance
Manual has been updated to include coverage of:
Voluntary self-disclosure of fraud
When a Corporate Integrity Agreement
will be put in place
Medical staff credentialing,
evaluation, and contract requirements
Guidelines for using Physicians
Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in the ED
Joint Commission requirements for
communicating test results, labeling medications, reconciling
medications across the continuum of care, and anticoagulation
therapy
Various aspects of patient flow,
including how to handle it, actions the ED and the hospital can
take to improve it, and making staff changes to improve it
Updated sections on hospital
accreditation standards
New forms, policies, and other
reference materials to facilitate compliance, including:
ED Capacity Capability Matrix;
Sample Policy on Granting
Privileges to Medical Staff and Allied Health Professionals;
Injection Safety Information for
Providers;
Guidelines for Faxing Patient
Health Information;
and more!
Topics fully covered include:
Legal Compliance Questions and
Answers: Introduction to Compliance; Patients' Rights; Content
of the ED Record; Staffing Issues; Occupational Safety; Security
in the ED; Duty to Treat Patients Regardless of Ability to Pay;
Reimbursement; Emergency Response Planning
Joint Commission Survey Questions
and Answers: Survey Focus; Staff Education and Training;
Performance Improvement; Survey Preparation Advice
Hospital Accreditation Standards
Analysis: Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities; Provision of
Care; Medication Management; Improving Organization Performance;
Leadership; Management of the Environment of Care; Management of
Human Resources; Management of Information; Surveillance,
Prevention, and Control of Infection
Reference Materials for Emergency
Department Compliance: Patient Rights and Organization Ethics;
Patient Assessment; Care of Patients; Education; Continuum of
Care; Improving Organization Performance; Management of the
Environment of Care; Management of Human Resources; Management
of Information; Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of
Infection
CMS and Joint Commission Standards
Checklist: Area of Assessment; Deemed Status
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