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With Data: A Guide to Ensuring Quality Care and JCAHO Compliance,
2nd Edition Softbound Book This book and CD-ROM resource set gives you great tools to help you comply with the JCAHO's IC standards. Improve your infection control program by collecting more useful data. As an infection control professional, you know the importance of data collection. After all, infection rates are an indication of the quality of care your organization provides to patients. However, data collection alone is not enough. In addition to your existing infection control pressures, and increased emphasis on infection control in the National Patient Safety Goals, the JCAHO just revamped its infection control standards. Under the new standards, your facility must be able to show hard evidence that you are collecting, analyzing, and acting upon your data to control and reduce infections. This hands-on resource will provide you with detailed data collection and analysis guidelines and actual tools - on CD-ROM - to help you break down your data and use it to improve your infection control efforts. JCAHO has also made infection control one of its 14 Priority Focus Areas. If you're up for survey soon, it's very possible that your IC program will be one of 4 areas that surveyors scrutinize. Improving Infection Control With Data: A Guide to Ensuring Quality Care and JCAHO Compliance discusses the importance of proper data collection; gives you formulas, calculations, and benchmarks to analyze your data; and provides customizable charts so you can easily display your data. With all of these tools, you'll be able to meet the JCAHO's requirements and provide sound feedback regarding patients' quality of care. You'll also receive:
This how-to book comes with a companion CD-ROM to help make your data analysis even easier. The CD-ROM provides monthly logs that automatically calculate month-end totals for use in data collection charts. It also includes spreadsheets with formulas that will automatically calculate key statistical information - such as rates, means, and standard deviations - to create control and comparison charts. You can use these tools to track your infection rates and compare your data with national benchmarks. With this resource kit, you'll be able to chart a clear course of action to reduce infection rates, improve the quality of care that you provide to patients, and much more, including:
This handbook and CD-ROM provides resources, tools and guidelines for these topics:
Lorraine Duthe, RN, MS, has been a nurse for 25 years working both at the bedside and in administrative positions. She has eight years experience as an Infection Control Practitioner and is a member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. She also has worked as the Director of Quality Management and been responsible for process improvement and risk management, at three hospitals. Ms. Duthe has been involved in six successful JCAHO surveys. With more than 17 years of experience, HCPro, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance. The company's mission is to meet the specialized informational, advisory, and educational needs of the healthcare industry. As an acknowledged industry authority in healthcare regulation and compliance, HCPro focuses on providing its clients assistance and expertise in the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance, nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace safety. (information from the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go Back to Pages / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore |
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