Pneumonia: Bringing JCAHO and CMS to the Bedside

Pneumonia: Bringing JCAHO and CMS to the Bedside

Adherence to the performance measures for pneumonia from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) has been required of accredited hospitals since July 2002. This article describes the ways in which the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, an 800-bed...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of nursing 2005-03, Vol.105 (3), p.72A-72D
Hauptverfasser: Willis, Diane, VanSickle, DeAnn, Van Riper, Sharon, Valerio, Cynthia
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Cigarette smoking
Hospital Extra
Hospitals
Men
Nurses
Patients
Performance measurement
Physicians
Pneumonia
Registered nurses
Smoking cessation
Tobacco smoking
Treatment
USA
Vaccination
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Zusammenfassung:Adherence to the performance measures for pneumonia from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) has been required of accredited hospitals since July 2002. This article describes the ways in which the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, an 800-bed academic medical center that is a tertiary care center for most of Michigan, taught these measures to the nurses in several general medicine departments, emphasizing smoking-cessation counseling.
ISSN:0002-936X
1538-7488
DOI:10.1097/00000446-200503000-00036