Category: CAT-rtn_1605May

  • 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…

  • 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)…

  • 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…