Accredited facilities to enjoy streamlined reporting. (NH News Notes).For long-term care facilities that choose to be accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, n.pr the United States body that accredits healthcare organizations. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO/TJC), n. (JCAHO JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, see there ), a new data-reporting option will soon be available. Under a plan adopted in November by JCAHO's Executive Committee of the Board of Commissioners, long-term care organizations will be able to use the same data to satisfy both federal government and JCAHO performance data requirements. JCAHO will create an Internet-based reporting system to allow providers to self-report the aggregate quality indicator data from the MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there , but providers will be able to still use their current JCAHO-accepted performance measurement system to meet requirements of the ORYX oryx (ôr`ĭks), name for several small, horselike antelopes, genus Oryx, found in deserts and arid scrublands of Africa and Arabia. They feed on grasses and scrub and can go without water for long periods. initiative--an attempt to create a comprehensive, data-driven accreditation process by including outcomes and other performance measurement data. "These options will preserve the widely recognized need to collect and transmit performance data, while affording flexibility to long-term care organizations," Marianna Kern Grachek, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , RN, CNHA CNHA Canyonlands Natural History Association (Moab, Utah) CNHA Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement CNHA Canadian Network for Health in the Arts CNHA China National Hardware Association CNHA Certified Nursing Home Administrator , executive director for Long Term Care and Assisted Living Accreditation Programs at JCAHO, said in a release announcing the new option, which JCAHO believes might help long-term care organizations reduce duplicative data collection requirements and ORYX initiative costs. JCAHO will need a one-year transition period to construct the system, and JCAHO says it will consider ORYX participation exemptions on an ad hoc basis during this time for overburdened providers. However, these providers will have to share MDS data reports with JCAHO surveyors during on-site surveys and provide the 2002 reports to JCAHO by Internet in 2003. More than 19,000 healthcare organizations are accredited by JCAHO, including more than 2,700 organizations offering long-term care, subacute care and dementia care. Table. Award and Settlement Medians for Claims Against Nursing Homes. Type of Claim Award Median Settlement Median Nursing Home Negligence, Overall $192,977 $132,500 Physical/Sexual Abuse $376,500 $197,500 Treatment $275,000 $200,000 Negligent Supervision $150,000 $100,000 Premises Liability $125,000 $54,500 Business/Employer Negligence $111,000 n/a Reproduced with permission from Jury Verdict Research--Horsham, Pa. |
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