Emergency Department Compliance Manual

by McNew, Rusty

• ISBN13: 9780834219571
• ISBN10: 0834219573
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

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