Quality Improvement Activites a MUST in Nursing Homes and Hospitals - Part I
Nursing Home and Hospitals are responsible for ensuring their systems are correct and are working. This involves quality improvement activities. Nursing homes and hospitals have federal and state regulations that address quality assessment and assurance. The nursing home and hospital surveyors will use these regulations and the guidance at the regulations to determine if a [...]
Nursing Home and Hospital Surveyors no Longer Allowed to Provide Information Without the Permission of the Head of CMS!
A patient in a North Carolina nursing home was allowed to fall by a nurse aide. The aide and her friends/coworkers covered it up and for two weeks the patient was untreated for a hip fracture. She was eventually taken to a hospital and there it was found she had a broken hip. Shocked by [...]
Answering Kathy’s Question about Surveying Restraints in a Nursing Home or Hospital
Kathy left a comment with some questions that I am going to address in my post today, instead of in the comments. She has some valid questions, and I hope this will help Kathy, as well as anyone else with the same concern, understand why a nursing home and hospital surveyor asks the questions they do and what [...]
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