Emergency Department Compliance Manual

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Edition: 4th
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Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Wolters Kluwer
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Summary

Here's what you need to comply with the latest emergency department regulations. In Emergency Department Compliance Manual, Fourth Edition, you get everything you need to stay in compliance. 1) Legal compliance questions and answers: Find the legal answers you need in seconds, including new coverage of fraud, patient rights, and restraints. 2) Joint Commission survey questions and answers: Get inside guidance from colleagues who were surveyed in 2000. 3) Hospital accreditation standard analysis: Learn about the latest Joint Commission standards as they apply To The emergency department, including new requirements for restraints and pain management. 4) Reference materials for emergency department compliance: All the tools you need to comply with emergency department-related regulations, laws, and accreditation standards, including 50 new sample documents addressing survey hot topics such as patient and visitor grievances, violent injury reporting, restraint use, performance improvement, staff competency, and more. 5) A diskette containing the forms, policies, procedures, and other documentation within the Reference Materials section.

Table of Contents

Editorial Board ix
Introduction xi
Acknowledgments xv
Part 1---Legal compliance Questions and Answers i
Introduction to Compliance
1(3)
Patients' Rights
4(24)
Restraint and Seclusion
4(3)
Confidentiality of ED Records
7(5)
Consents
12(10)
Antidiscrimination Laws
22(6)
Content of the ED Record
28(2)
Staffing Issues
30(9)
On-Call Staffing
31(4)
The Role of Nonphysicians in the ED
35(1)
Dress Codes
36(1)
Refusal To Treat Patients with HIV or AIDS
37(1)
Staff Substance Abuse
38(1)
Occupational Safety
39(9)
Bloodborne Pathogens
40(5)
Airborne Hazards
45(1)
Smoking
46(1)
Emergency Response Planning
47(1)
Passageways and Exits
47(1)
Security in the ED
48(14)
Legal Consequences of Violence
48(1)
Federal Law Regarding Violence in the ED
49(2)
State Law Regarding Violence in the ED
51(1)
Security Measures
52(2)
Responsibilities Relating to Crimes outside the ED
54(4)
Abandonment in the ED
58(2)
Administering Tests at Request of Law Enforcement without Patient Consent
60(2)
Duty to Treat Patients Regardless of Ability to Pay
62(1)
COBRA
62(21)
Hill-Burton
79(3)
State Law Duties
82(1)
Reimbursement
83(1)
Payment by Managed Care Organizations
83(2)
Billing Medicare for ED Services
85(3)
Interpreting X-Rays and EKGs
88(2)
Services Provided by Teaching Physicians and Residents
90
State Regulation of Consent to Treatment in an Emergency
1(1)
Part 2---Joint Commission Survey Questions and Answers i
Introduction
ii
Survey Focus
1(9)
Staff Preparation
10
Part 3---Hospital Accreditation Standards Analysis i
Introduction
ii
Patient Rights and organization Ethics
1(8)
Patient Assessment
9(8)
Care of Patients: Planning and Providing Care
17(3)
Care of Patients: Anesthesia
20(4)
Care of Patients: Medication
24(5)
Care of Patients: Nutrition Care
29(1)
Care of Patients: Operative and Other Procedures
30(3)
Education
33(5)
Continuum of Care
38(5)
Improving Organization Performance
43(4)
Leadership
47(8)
Management of the Environment of Care
55(10)
Management of Human Resources
65(5)
Management of Information
70(12)
Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Infection
82
Part 4---Reference Materials for Emergency Department Compliance i
Patient Rights and Organization Ethics
1(23)
Patient Assessment
24(20)
Care of Patients
44(29)
Education
73(4)
Continuum of Care
77(10)
Improving Organization Performance
87(27)
Management of the Environment of Care
114(23)
Management of Human Resources
137(37)
Management of Information
174(12)
Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Infection
186
Index I:1

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