We are looking for best practices with
regards to the usage of 'whiteboards'. These are boards that are used
for communication among staff and physicians and located on nursing stations.
Usually they display patient names and their locations. If your
facility has them or does not have them, b
We are an acute care facility that will be implementing both an automated
process & a manual process. After completing an extensive analysis and
several brainstorming sessions, we found that a lot of what we are required
to track is already documented in the patient's medical record. Those items
t
We
have begun sending letters to attorneys requesting medical records from our
facility giving them 'heads up' that come April 14th, their authorization must
meet specific criteria (HIPAA requirements are bulleted to assist with their
revision process) and if not, their request will be denie
