JCAHO Survey Preparation Conferences Available at Jefferson
Jefferson is participating in the Joint Commission Satellite
Network which conducts videoconferences on various survey topics throughout
the year. All employees at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Center City,
Ford Road and Methodist Divisions are invited to attend; reservations are
not necessary. Employees interested in attending can fax related questions
ahead of time to 214-416-1261. Questions can also be asked during the conference
using the videoconferencing call-in feature. If you are unable to attend
a session and would like to borrow the videotape, please contact Margaret
Malloy, Quality Management Department, at 5-8131.
The schedule and locations for 1997 are listed below:
All programs take place from 1 to 2:30 pm.
Date: 2-11-97
Title: Performance Improvement and Cost Containment: Profiles of
Success
Room: To be announced
Date: 3-11-97
Title: Managing the Environment of Care: Management Plans and Performance
Measures
Room: 107 BLSB
Date: 4-8-97
Title: Communication and Documentation Issues Across The Continuum
of Care
Room: 107 BLSB
Date: 5-13-97
Title: Restraints and Seclusion: An Update
Room: 107 BLSB
Date: 6-10-97
Title: Selecting, Developing, and Integrating Indicators in a Hospital's
Performance Improvement Program
Room: To be announced
Date: 7-8-97
Title: Integrating Information Management Across the Healthcare Organization
Room: 107 BLSB
Date: 8-12-97
Title: Assessing and Planning Care for Your Geriatric Population
Room: 107 BLSB
Room assignments will be announced in July for the videoconferences below:
9-9-97: Simplifying Compliance ... Reduction Duplication: Meeting
Joint Commission and OSHA Requirements
10-14-97: Better Practice, Better Care: Integrating Hospital-wide and Medical
Staff Performance Improvement Activities
11-18-97: Maintaining Quality While Moving Into Managed Care
The following conferences from 1996 are also available on video:
- A Guide to the 1996 Management of the Environment of Care Standards
- Restraint and Seclusion: A New Approach for Hospitals
- Competence Assessment: Your Questions Answered
- Patient Rights and Organization Ethics, Education, and Continuum of
Care: Key Issues and Topics
- Assessment of Patients and Care of Patients: Key Issues and Topics
- Complying with the Medical Staff Standards: Credentialing and Privileging
- Management of Information: The Medical Record and More
- Anesthesia and Conscious Sedation: Issues and Answers
- Optimizing Human Resources: Maintaining Quality in an Era of Diminishing
Resources
- How to Comply with the Standards Relating to Special Patient Populations
Please contact Jo-Lyn Brace, Manager, Quality Management Department, at
ext. 5-5233 with questions.