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RTN1605_B3_Quick Safety: Implicit Bias
• PR: New Quick Safety Focuses on Implicit Bias (PDF) [REF: HR, LD, StEd] Perspectives May 2016, Vol 36, #4, Pg 4 JCp1605_B3 “On the eve of the 15th anniversary of two seminal reports from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) – Crossing the Quality Chasm and Unequal Treatment – we find that racial and socioeconomic…
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RTN1605_B4_Update: Texting Orders
• PR: Update: Texting Orders (PDF) [REF: MD, IM, IT] Perspectives May 2016, Vol 36, #4, Pg 15 JCp1605_B4 TJC has revised its position and effective immediately, Licensed independent practitioners (LIP) “may text orders as long as a secure text messaging platform (STMP) is used and the required components of an order (as per MM.04.01.01)…
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RTN1605_B5_Consistent Interpretation: PC.02.01.03
• PR: Consistent Interpretation: Joint Commission Surveyors’ Observations on PC.02.01.03, EPs 1, 7, and 20n (PDF) [REF: RN] Perspectives May 2016, Vol 36, #4, Pg 18 JCp1605_B5 This third installment of the consistent interpretation series focuses on PC.02.01.03, one of the most challenging standards for hospitals during 2015. By implication this article suggests that EP…