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The Joint Commission stipulates seven management plans for hospital accreditation. One of the seven is safety. Safety includes a range of hazards including mishaps, injuries on the job, and patient care hazards. The most common safety mishaps are "needle-sticks" (staff accidentally stick themselves with a needle) or patient injury during care.
In the United States, a health maintenance organization (HMO) is a medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee. [1] It is an organization that provides or arranges managed care for health insurance , self-funded health care benefit plans, individuals, and other entities, acting as a liaison with health care ...
The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 93-222 codified as 42 U.S.C. §300e) is a United States statute enacted on December 29, 1973. The Health Maintenance Organization Act, informally known as the federal HMO Act, is a federal law that provides for a trial federal program to promote and encourage the development of health maintenance organizations (HMOs).
Safety officer – Identifies hospital threats and takes steps to ensure continued safety of the facility, employees, and patients. Medical/technical specialist – i.e. CDC doctor. Operations chief – (Organize and direct essential activities given by the CC and facilitate proper hospital staffing). Staging manager; Medical care branch director
Healthcare quality and safety require that the right information be available at the right time to support patient care and health system management decisions. Gaining consensus on essential data content and documentation standards is a necessary prerequisite for high-quality data in the interconnected healthcare system of the future.
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. [1] The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency department to treat urgent health problems ranging from fire and accident victims to a sudden illness.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, HNGV reported that it had a number of strengths relating to maintenance of quality, including leadership, an established quality team, a multi-disciplinary Quality and Safety Committee, an appropriate hospital motto ("Excellence in service, commitment, compassion and knowledge"), and motivated staff.