University Hospital is using a new method for treating heart…

University Hospital is using a new method for treating heart failure patients and is creating a data collection tool to assess the success of this treatment. The PI team involved in this project plans to publish the results to be shared with other healthcare organizations. Which of the following must the PI team have in place prior to beginning this project?

A patient is transferred from the critical access hospital (…

A patient is transferred from the critical access hospital (CAH) to the university medical center. The CAH sent a list of her current medications with the transfer documents. This list is then compared to the physician’s admitting orders at the university hospital for consistency to provide continuity of care. This process is called __________.

Debbie is a risk manager at a local hospital. To reduce the…

Debbie is a risk manager at a local hospital. To reduce the risk of sentinel events occurring in her organization, she is using the lessons learned by other organizations regarding these events. To access details about sentinel events that have occurred at other facilities and recommended changes that may have prevented these events, Debbie utilizes which of the following?

Stacy is the nursing manager for the cardiology service at a…

Stacy is the nursing manager for the cardiology service at a local hospital. The hospital has recently emphasized a policy requiring all managers to track and report their employees’ absences from work. Stacy feels that this requirement is time consuming and unnecessary. Why would the hospital require their managers to complete this process?