Archive for May, 2009
AHAP conference 2009 leadership session
For those of you who did not get a chance to attend the 3rd Annual AHAP Conference that took place in Las Vegas two week ago, and for those of you who did attend and would like a chance to listen to the leadership session, here is your chance. The session touched on how best to engage your hospital’s leaders in both creating a culture of safety and demonstrating involvement in patient safety to comply with Joint Commission standards.
The presentation, given by Ken Rohde, consultant for The Greeley Company, opened the 2009 conference.
To find a copy of the slides that accompanied the presentation titled “The 2009 Leadership Standards: A Toolbox Approach,” click here.
To listen to the audio recorded at the session, click the link below. You will first hear Jodi Eisenberg, Chair of AHAP, introduce Ken.
For those who attended the conference, we hope you enjoyed it and would love any additional feedback you’d like to offer for how we can improve the conference in the coming years.
Update from the Vegas conference
Reporting in from the AHAP Conference in Las Vegas: We started the day with a great keynote presentation, followed up by presentations on tracers and critical test results. We’re glad to see so many familiar faces this year, as well as first-time attendees.
Next up: we’re getting ready for the panel discussion this afternoon with The Joint Commission, DNV, and HFAP. Should be a fantastic opportunity for our members to meet with representatives of all three accreditation organizations in person.
For those in attendance: what has been the highlight for you so far? Which discussions did you attend today?
Follow up to a recent post on core measures
A few weeks back, AHAP Member Edward Chilcote submitted a core measures tool and also offered to share two other tools with any other interested members. We’ve had so many requests by email for these tools that I wanted to post them here. Please find below Edward’s great sample core measures tools.
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Thanks again, Edward, for sharing this useful information.
DNV updates FAQs
For those of you following DNV/NIAHO accreditation news: DNV recently updated its FAQs to address some confusion abou Medicare reimbursement coverage when a hospital transfers between accrediting organizations.
“This applies regardless of if you’re moving from HFAP to The Joint Commission, or The Joint Commission to DNV,” says Darrel Scott, DNV’s senior vice president of regulatory and legal affairs. “We wanted to try to address in our FAQ the exact mechanic that occurs when a move is made.”
BOJ had a chance to talk with Scott about this process recently, and a full article will appear in the upcoming issue. DNV’s FAQ page can be found here.
Have any AHAP members recently changed accreditation organizations? I recently chatted with the folks at the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) who said that they’ve also been hearing from a number of facilities exploring their options. Has your facility looked into HFAP or DNV?
If you’re among the folks attending this week’s AHAP Conference in Las Vegas, don’t forget to check out the panel discussion Thursday with leaders from The Joint Commission, DNV, and HFAP–it will be a great chance to hear from each organization directly. We’re thrilled to have all three organizations represented at our conference.
