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You are here > Home > Recommended Reading > Periodicals & Journals > Long-Term Care Survey Alert Long-Term Care Survey Alert 12 monthly issues / 12 pages each / 12 months ASIN: B0007UD3SO Eli Research (Click Amazon here for best current subscription price)     The government regulators seem to be waging a high-profile campaign to expose substandard quality of care in long-term care facilities across the country, and your SNF is on the front line of the battle when surveyors show up. If you are armed with the field-tested tips and strategies found in the Long-Term Care Survey Alert, you have a better chance of escaping an assault unscathed. Designed to help SNF directors of nursing and administrators cope with their survey challenges, the Long-Term Care Survey Alert is your secret weapon for The Joint Commission and state survey success. With tougher surveys, new protocols, stringent quality indicator reports, and a rising number of deficiencies, you can’t afford to guess what’s on surveyors’ minds. The editors of this publication have as their mission: To offer busy long-term care facilities a one-stop shop for tackling head-on the survey challenges they face To bring readers authoritative, how-to information, tips and best practices on the key survey concerns of the day To provide readers with practical strategies from the nation's long-term care survey experts To serve as a guide to aid readers in ensuring that their operations meet all federal and state requirements Topic areas regularly covered include: Survey Management Risk Management Clinical Practice Quality Improvement Quality of Care Medication Management Survey & Clinical News The Long-Term Care Survey Alert provides seasoned advice on what they’re looking for and how you can impress them and increase your survey scores. Examples of articles printed in previous issues include: Challenge a surveyor’s findings - and win every time. 3 simple steps usually do the trick. 5 often-misplaced documents every SNF will need when surveyors arrive. 7 F-Tags that will brand you as a poor performer - and one surefire way to avoid them. Turn surveyors away empty-handed? You can do it, if you know the ropes. Residents’ rights: why you already may be violating them, unless you take these key actions. Kitchen duty for the DON? Don’t laugh - it could save you a bundle on your next survey. Are physician orders putting your facility at risk? A quick test will say for sure. SOS: 11 ways to pull yourself out of a survey disaster. Meds that raise red flags with surveyors and what you can do about it. The do’s and don’ts of using side rails: why most facilities get it wrong. How to make sure restorative nursing doesn’t put your facility in the hot seat. How to get families on your side in handling state surveyors. 5 words you should never put in a care plan. Cut falls in half with this simple toileting schedule. Eli Research is a research and information company with over 60 print and online publications serving our core markets of health care, law and financial services. We currently serve a reader base of over 100,000 business executives nationwide, 80 percent of whom are top officers at their respective companies. Our roots go back to 1947 with the founding of Medicine and Health -- the oldest health policy newsletter in the country.  The publisher acquired the Washington DC-based Health Care Information Center, including Medicine and Health and 30 other titles formerly published by Faulkner and Gray. In building our company, we have focused exclusively on providing high-quality news and analysis for professionals who need critical news and information to survive and prosper. We have distinguished ourselves from other publishers by providing intelligent analysis of new strategies, rather than simply reporting on industry developments. (the information about this publication is 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 to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore