Guinane / Venturelli 50 Policies and Plans for Outpatient Services

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4398-6845-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten

Since more and more surgeries and procedures are being performed in outpatient settings, the policies, plans, and procedures for these services are of increasing importance. 50 Policies and Plans for Outpatient Services details commonly used policies and plans in free-standing ambulatory care centers. Included are plans and policies concentrating on emergency management, medication safety, informed consent, and medical staff credentialing to name a few.
As an introduction to the model documents presented, the book begins with a how-to chapter to guide readers through the process of formatting the documents and making them their own. The policies and plans discussed serve as templates and can apply to licensing and regulatory agencies such as Medicare, the Joint Commission, and AAAHC. The documents included in this book are excellent templates to use as a starting point for producing policies and plans that help create the flow and process in an organization.
Knowing their specific local, state, and other governing agency requirements, readers can customize the documents to reflect the unique structure and qualities of their organization through the use of the enclosed CD. The resulting policies, procedures, and plans are the back-up documents that provide rationale, vision, and theory, and can be valuable tools for making effective clinical and administrative decisions. In addition to the documents provided on the CD-ROM, the book also includes a list of helpful resources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guinane, Carole

Venturelli, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Krankenhausmanagement, Praxismanagement
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

How to use this book
Instructions on the policies and CD
50 Policies and Plans
Abuse, domestic violence, and reporting cases to public authorities
Advance directives
Competency assessment
Disposition of specimens
Distribution and control of controlled substances
Distribution and control of stock medications
Documentation of controlled substances
Emergency management
Exposure control plan for bloodborne pathogens
Exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials(OPIM)
Exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Fall prevention program
Fire safety management plan
Hand hygiene
Hazardous materials and waste management plan
History and physical examination
Impaired physicians and practitioners
Infection control program
Informed consent
Initial competency evaluation policy
Isolation precautions
Laboratory specimen labeling requirements
Licensure, registration, and certification requirements
Life safety management plan
Management of disruptive individuals
Medical equipment management
Medical plans of care
Medical staff code of conduct
Medical staff credentialing process
Medical staff peer review
Medical staff proctoring
Medication management labeling requirements
Medication reconciliation
Moderate sedation
Nursing competency plan
Proficiency survey program for point-of-care testing
Quality control protocol for point-of-care testing
Radiation safety operation and procedures
Reporting panic and urgent laboratory results
Safe management plan
Safe medical device act reporting
Safe patient handling and movement
Safety consideration for infants and pediatric patients
Scope of services
Secure environment management plan
Sentinel event, adverse events – serious and never events – near misses, reportable events
Single and multi-dose medication containers
Surgical site identification
Utilities management plan
Waste disposal