MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'audit'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:25 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130645&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F15%2Fnhs-outcomes-framework-innovation-in-outcomes-competition%2F Scan or click to download 'NHS Outcomes Framework: Innovation in Outcomes competition' Title: NHS Outcomes Framework: Innovation in Outcomes competition The Skinny: Details of a competition the Department of Health are running to invite people to suggest new, innovative indicators for the NHS Outcomes Framework, both where gaps exist in the current framework and in broader areas for future frameworks. Online Entry at http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/entercomp/ Publisher: DH Size: 23p. Published: 09/02/11 Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Audit, Clinical Audit, Grey Literature, Health Outcomes, Management operations, Monitoring, Monitoring of standards, Outcomes, Patient outcomes, Performance monitoring, Service monitoring (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130645 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:27:13 +0100 5130645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130647&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F15%2Fthe-functions-of-gp-commissioning-consortia-a-working-document%2F Scan to download 'The functions of GP commissioning consortia: a working document' Title: The functions of GP commissioning consortia: a working document The Skinny: Document that describes the proposed statutory functions of GP consortia to support GPs in establishing consortia (as a summary of the content of the Health and Social Care Bill 2011and providing illustrative examples), it identifies: the proposed key statutory duties of consortia (the ‘must dos’) the proposed key statutory powers (the things consortia have the freedom to do, if they wish, to help meet these duties) illustrative examples of what this could look like in the future Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Audit, Clinical Audit, Commissioning, Grey Literature, Health care, Health servic... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130647 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:16:35 +0100 5130647 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684481&cid=t_194334_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FqLSXubohIbg%2F Guest Poster: John Brewer is the founder of HIPAAaudit.com.  He and his team help physicians run HIPAA Compliant practices in the simplest, most pain free way. So far we’ve covered Information System Activity Review & Sanction Policy. The next item to tackle for the HIPAA side of Meaningful Use is the Risk Analysis.  This may also be referred to by some as the Risk Assessment also. The Risk Analysis is simply a look at the way your practice operates as it pertains to PHI and your computer network. Your risk analysis shouldn’t be a handful of questions.  It should be a set of targeted questions – partly to see that your practice is doing things correctly and partly to invoke conversation to ensure you fix other areas of how your practice does business. The risk analysis we ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684481 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:35:53 +0100 4684481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4605903&cid=t_194334_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2Fc4yur-JENV4%2F Guest Poster: John Brewer is the founder of HIPAAaudit.com.  He and his team help physicians run HIPAA Compliant practices in the simplest, most pain free way. As previously mentioned, the Sanction Policy is an integral part of Meaningful Use. What exactly is a Sanction Policy? Quite simply, it is clarification to your staff…all staff…yes, this includes the physicians, that there are ramifications for breaking company computer policies, specifically HIPAA violations. First, your practice must have policies.  Without knowing the rules, nobody will know if they are breaking them or not. The computer policies of a practice are the foundation on which your office will operate.  The computer policies are different than human resource company policies…actually, they are different, ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4605903 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:55:33 +0100 4605903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570609&cid=t_194334_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FFmI61RondR4%2F John’s Note: One of the requests I got in the recent survey I did was to cover more details of HIPAA. So, I’m glad to have John Brewer (yes, another John) providing some guest posts on the subject. Do they go together like peanut butter and jelly?  Cookies and milk? Nothing quite as good as these…but they do go together…now. HIPAA has been around for some time.  Many argue that HIPAA has no “teeth”.  Sure it has big fines…but when’s the last time you heard of a physician getting fined for a HIPAA violation? In steps Meaningful Use. Buried in the details of the Stage 1 Core Objectives is a single block that refers to the seemingly innocuous statement of “Conduct a risk analysis per 45CFR164.308(a)(1)”. A risk analysis seem simple enough…right? Dig a lit... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570609 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:03:09 +0100 4570609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4517320&cid=t_194334_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fwere-in-this-together.html I'm a closet introvert. I don't really come across as an introvert in most situations, because my real self is buried so deep under a well-polished public persona I spent my adolescence and young adulthood constructing. I am in a recovery group at the moment, the first time I've spent any time in a therapeutic group of any kind (or therapy, for that matter). I've avoided them like the plague until now because I haven't built a "person" to "be" in that setting, so I feel awkward and exposed.I've heard some phrases in the past few weeks that make me want to stand up and walk out. Things like "you can't heal alone in the dark". Right. So the way I've been trying to do things for 30 years is completely wrong? I've always thought of friends as people to have fun with, let your hair down with, l... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4517320 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:38:00 +0100 4517320 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4438997&cid=t_194334_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fcontroversy.html I've tried to stay away from it my whole life. But it follows me like a droopy-eyed puppy dog and I just can't seem to kick it to the curb. Today I'm joining in and sharing my most controversial blog posts from January and December at Elizabeth Esther's witty I Use My Words.In January, I blogged about the numbing pain of that soul-draining process of healing from old wounds in a post titled The Wound That Blinds. In December, I wrote about weaning my now 4 1/2 year old daughter for the second time in To My Youngest Daughter on Her Weaning Day. Nursing her was a beautiful (and often socially awkward) experience even for a seasoned attachment parent. I never would have done so had she not had significant special needs at the time. I had a few laughs this past week when watching "Back-Up Plan... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4438997 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:05:00 +0100 4438997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411685&cid=t_194334_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fto-be-beloved.html What a weird, backwards gift to know through and through that I am empty . . . empty enough for Him to fill me. The fact that I am limited means I am made to overflow. "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13 NIV) ~from Shaunie's Up the SunbeamI see it all around me...and I still don't believe it. Does anyone believe it, about themselves, I mean? Maybe it will take another 30 years to seep through the cracks of the brokenness, the thick skin of disbelief, the thousand lies we've believed about how worthless we are, the even the Bible truths that feed the dichotomous picture of humans as the image of God yet fallen and depraved?And then, too, actions always speak louder t... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411685 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:13:00 +0100 4411685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4361259&cid=t_194334_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fwound-that-blinds.html It's one of those mornings when you just keep putting the kettle on. The hot water burbles out of the cracked teapot spout, and the bag steeps it's stems and pods, and you lift it until the brown liquid slows to a drip and drop the spent bag onto the saucer, a brown wet spot on a pile of orange dried ones, a whole pile of teabags to propel you through this morning. The cream swirls caramel through the comfort and you sigh as you lift it to your lips and try to focus deep on this one small pleasure amid a sea of pain and ugliness. Raw.Nothing seems to come into focus these days. You blink and rub your eyes and you still see shadows and colored blur and there is no clear path and no sharpness to the images that race like sand through those windows of your soul, time in fast forward and you f... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4361259 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:14:00 +0100 4361259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4238104&cid=t_194334_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fplease-dont-hit-me-when-im-down.html It is hard, hard, hard to have cancer for 2 1/2 years and not be healed. I have heard from so many - even those I trust and love - rebuke instead of grace and love. Yet the Bible is so clear: the faithful suffer - Job, Paul, Jesus. Suffering - even big, huge, one-upon-another trials - is not in and of itself a sign of sin. There are nights I lay awake, laying my heart bare before the Lord in prayer. Spending hours in the living room trying not to disturb my family as I pore over Scripture and weep into my Bible. Is this my fault? Could I solve this problem somehow, through my own actions? Do I need to increase my faith? Change a sin habit? Let God "in" somewhere I have hedged Him out of? At times, I've had to table the issue, lay it to the side, and just put one foot in front of the other.... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4238104 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:08:00 +0100 4238104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118787&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F27%2Fmental-health-in-family-medicine-2010-vol-7-no-2%2F Title: Physical healthcare of people with severe mental illness: everybody’s business! Skinny:  People with severe mental illness are at higher risk of physical health problems. An audit cycle was completed on individuals with severe mental illness under the care of an early interventions in psychosis (EIP) service to evaluate and improve physical health monitoring practice. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Mental Health, Physical Activity, Schizophrenia Tagged: Audit, Mental Health, Physical, Schizophrenia, Wellbeing (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118787 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:54:10 +0100 4118787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3806025&cid=t_194334_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FmGZFZ62NpGo%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is something that’s become a regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Roche hired Karen Lackey as vp and head of medicinal chemistry, overseeing small molecule drug discovery in oncology, virology and inflammation. She joins Roche from GlaxoSmithKline, where she was vp for discovery medici... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3806025 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:57:51 +0100 3806025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3733057&cid=t_194334_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fshould-your-texts-be-private-at-work%2F So your company provides a pager, phone, or BlackBerry – score! Saving money on phone bills every month is a major job perk, but what if the texts you send could get you fired? Not so perky. In City of Ontario v. Quon, Jeff Quon, a California police sergeant, claimed that the city had violated his privacy when they audited the texts sent through his company phone. Though the lower courts said that he had a right to privacy in this case, the Supreme Court ruled that police officer’s texts weren’t private. The court made it clear that this ruling doesn’t extend to all cases, but the ruling indicates that companies are likely to have protection of the law when auditing employee communications. In Quon’s case, the city found that out of 456 texts sent on his work phon... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3733057 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:00:19 +0100 3733057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3592383&cid=t_194334_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fadversus-solem-ne-loquitor.html in these kaleidoscopic timesfragments of ourselves are scatteredyet as the earth slowly turnsthe universe followsour colours blend togetherand everything falls into placeproving that we are stronger than the sum of our parts~ Anne EngelenMy new favorite book on suffering has my head whirling, new truths dissolving old fallacies and a deeper, more painful perspective emerging. I spin on the words of God to Moses: Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? (Exodus 4:11, emphasis mine) I've heard three major arguments about the role of suffering for the Christian up to this point: suffering is an indirect byproduct of a cursed world that just "happens" or is "allowed" to affect the Christian;suffering comes from Satan, and is "allowed" ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3592383 Mon, 24 May 2010 13:06:00 +0100 3592383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585697&cid=t_194334_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FVjqU-dMkK3I%2F Anyone that has worked in healthcare has the palpable fear of the word HIPAA. Any time the word’s mentioned, I have this visceral emotion shoot threw my body. I’m sure it’s the same for many people. HIPAA is like the nasty word that no one can argue with. Just say something is a HIPAA violation and no one can argue with you (assuming you’re right). In the clinics I’ve worked in, there really is a desire to try and follow the HIPAA rules as best as possible. They all hate it, but they all try in good faith to follow the HIPAA rules. They likely do this because of fear of the dreaded HIPAA audit. Check out this interesting comment made on a previous post I did which puts the HIPAA audit in a new light: Same goes for the HIPAA rules. We all spend so much effort a... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585697 Wed, 19 May 2010 16:56:32 +0100 3585697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556082&cid=t_194334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMO5HoSibrCc%2F By Mark A. CalabriaLast week I wrote about Senator Sanders’ “compromise” with Senator Dodd and the White House on auditing the Federal Reserve.  To re-cap, the compromise would drop any auditing of monetary policy and simply focus on the Fed’s emergency lending facilities.  See my previous post for why I believe that compromise is a big win for the Fed and a loss for the American public. The good news is that Senator Sanders’ compromise does not end the debate.  Senator Vitter has filed an amendment (#3760) that mirrors the original Sanders’ amendment, including an audit of monetary policy.  With any luck, other Senators will be able to decide for themselves whether the Sanders-Dodd compromise offers sufficient transparency of the Fed’s action... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556082 Tue, 11 May 2010 16:35:32 +0100 3556082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3542601&cid=t_194334_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-moonlighting-how-about-doctor-derby%2F2010.05.07 Medical moonlighting. That’s what you’d better be thinking about as the healthcare finance reform trap continues its destined pursuit of bankrupting America. The only possible outcome to all of this mess is the biggest man-made healthcare recession of all time that will make the current economic implosion look like a walk in the park. What are some possible second jobs for doctors? Every week I get offers to respond to surveys and telephone conferences by private industry asking for my opinions on up-and-coming pharmaceuticals. Just the other day I was offered $500 for a 90-minute interview. (That reminds me, I had better call them back!) Other second jobs for doctors? (more…) *This blog post was originally published at The Happy Hospitalist* (Source: Better Heal... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3542601 Fri, 07 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3542601 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508163&cid=t_194334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fu7EcaN5s43o%2F By Chris Moody Arnold Kling: “The case for auditing the Fed is obvious.” The key to reducing illegal immigration: A robust temporary-worker program. Surprise! The “financial reform” bill is full of kickbacks to well connected cronies: “The public needs to understand that, far from protecting the little guy and sticking it to the fat cats, this bill keeps good, old-fashioned political patronage alive and well.” When did this happen? “Historians find long-lost clause of U.S. Constitution giving federal authorities unlimited jurisdiction over the American palate.” Oh wait, it didn’t. Podcast: “The New Old Urban Renewal” featuring Eileen Norcross. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508163 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:16:20 +0100 3508163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3502966&cid=t_194334_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fin-garden-of-soul.html Show me the way that I must take; to Thee I offer all my heart. Teach me to do thy will for thou art my God. Keep me safe, O Lord, for the honor of thy name. ~ Psalm 143:8,10,11 NEBThis is the view this time of year of what I still think of as Steve and Amy's field. Pie in the sky dreaming, probably. The colors of spring are almost as vibrant as the colors of fall: the green of the leaves and yellow of the flowers beginning to break through the tarnished gold of last year's corn stubble on the ground; the pinks, oranges, and yellow flowing out of the black, wet trunks of the trees in watercolor blur; gray stick of the trees yet to blossom standing like punctuation marks between the colors.Same landscape as my life these days, really. Cancer and hospitalizations and illness in the midst of ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3502966 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:20:00 +0100 3502966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404173&cid=t_194334_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fhow-to-do-a-time-audit%2F7043%2F There is often a great discrepancy between the way you spend your time and the way you think you spend your time. A time audit helps you look at exactly how your time is being used so you can better understand where your time is going. One form of a time audit is to simply keep a log of your time. This works to a certain extent, but it tends to better show how you want to spend your time instead of how your time is actually spent. For a time audit to be effective, it needs to reflect your actual work history. Here is a simple method for doing a time audit that will help show how your time is actually spent. Get some type of timer that can be set for a specific interval of time. You want to use 60, 30 or 15 minutes. Normally an hour is what you want to use. Set the timer to go off, but mak... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404173 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:00:27 +0100 3404173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370681&cid=t_194334_151_f&fid=35805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ftwelvestepfacilitation%2FwAgT%2F%7E3%2Fzq13ho7H55A%2F CONCLUSIONS: The Chilean version of the AUDIT is a valid and reliable tool for identifying adolescents with hazardous, harmful, and dependent alcohol use. The suggested cut-off points make screening with the AUDIT more accurate for adolescent populations. Research; Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Aug 1;103(3):155-8. Epub 2009 May 6. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as a screening instrument for adolescents. Santis R, Garmendia ML, Acuña G, Alvarado ME, Arteaga O. See also; 12-Step Treatment More Effective than Alternative Brief-TSF ASSESSMENT Brief-TSF can assist patients cease alcohol consumption. Learn about the disease Youth With Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Escape from Bondage (Helping Youth With Mental, Physical, and Social Challenges) by Kenneth McIntosh ... Twelve Step Facilitation.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370681 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:53:36 +0100 3370681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302383&cid=t_194334_109_f&fid=34786&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrmichelletempest.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Faccident-emergency.html This photograph was taken whilst I was working in A&E with a team of other doctors and nurses. In the dying days of this current Labour government the National Audit Office reported that only one hospital in England and Wales can report to have full consultant cover 24/7. Staff on the frontline know that the Labour legacy is a health emergency. (Source: The Psychiatrist Blog) The Psychiatrist Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302383 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:08:00 +0100 3302383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3201793&cid=t_194334_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2F6nt0fzuk-qQ%2F Today, I decided that I’d ask people to share a benefit they’ve received from an EMR (or seen received if you’re an EMR vendor) that you didn’t expect to happen when you implemented an EMR. I’ll start off with one unexpected benefit of an EMR: audit logs. There’s so many things you can do with audit logs. It resolves so many issues with accountability for a record. You just run a quick report on the audit logs and you know exactly when someone did something in the EMR. This is also true for patients when we check to see for things like when a patient checked in and when they were seen. The audit logs can tell you a lot about your clinic. Plus, it just feels so much more secure knowing that everything that’s being done in the EMR is being audited. N... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3201793 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:46:46 +0100 3201793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193664&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2F8597%2F Title: Swine flu and employment Skinny: Discusses the impact of swine flu (H1N1) on employment. The pandemic has raised some challenging issues in the workplace and the article addresses some of these issues. Most practices will have issues maintaining a service, and article encourages practice managers to carry out a staff audit to minimise the chances of being caught out by staff absences. Includes a background history to the outbreak of swine flu. Posted in Emergency Planning, General Practice, Influenza, Journals, Management Tagged: Audit, H1N1, Influenza, Practice Management, Swine Flu, Workforce Planning (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193664 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:11:46 +0100 3193664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156641&cid=t_194334_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fword-for-2010.html abide.To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn;To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition;To endure; to sustain; to submit to.To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.This year I will stay with God, continue in this place, take up my dwelling as a sojourner in a land of suffering; fix myself in a state of submission and endurance; bear cancer patiently, learn to tolerate it, stand the consequences of.I will suffer for Christ.Cancer is the mirror in which I see glimpses of bittersweet glory on earth. The reflection of Christ's love in a million small ways. The image of submission in my life. Cancer turns my imagination toward heaven, that blessed and everlasting healing of my mind, b... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156641 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:42:00 +0100 3156641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023066&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F24%2Fquality-in-primary-care-2009-vol-17-no-5%2F Fade Fave: Looking inside the black box of community rehabilitation and intermediate care teams in the United Kingdom: an audit of service and staffing configuration. Fade Skinny: The object of this research was to generate a picture of the range, configuration and staffing of community and intermediate care services with the UK and whether any relationships occur between service configuration and staffing models. Contact the library for a copy of this article Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Audit, Intermediate Care, Service Provision, Staffing, United Kingdom (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023066 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:41:03 +0100 3023066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2984748&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F12%2Fyoung-people%25e2%2580%2599s-sexual-health-the-national-chlamydia-screening-programme%2F This report states that to have a significant impact on chlamydia requires overall testing levels of 26 per cent or above. Only half of Primary Care Trusts reached this level in 2008-09, six years after the Programme’s launch. Combined with the local inefficiencies and duplications, this shows that the delivery of the Programme to date has not demonstrated value for money. In 2007-08, five years after the Programme’s launch, 4.9 per cent of under-25s were being tested under the Programme, against a target of 15 per cent.  In 2007, the Department made the Programme a priority for PCTs, which led to a significant increase in activity; and average testing levels rose to 15.9 per cent by the end of 2008-09, against a target of 17 per cent.  Combined with testing in GUM clinics and other ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2984748 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:08:55 +0100 2984748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2924776&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F25%2Fsupplementary-fee-scale-200910-consultation-response%2F Title: Supplementary fee scale 2009/10 consultation response Skinny: Results of the Audit Commissions consultation on its proposed work programme and scale of fees for the National Duplicate Registration Initiative (NDRI) 2009/10 between September and October 2009. The Commission has now considered all of the responses and has agreed to confirm the work programme and scale of fees set out in the consultation document. Publisher: Audit Commission Size of Publication: 3p Published: 12/10/2009 Posted in Grey Literature, NHS Tagged: Audit Commission, Fees, Grey Literature, National Duplicate Registration Initiative, NDRI (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2924776 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:01:47 +0100 2924776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2778389&cid=t_194334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F1NqFM6Kq5LM%2F Commenting on a recent article of mine in The Wall Street Journal, Peter Gartside claims that: Prior to 1913, the U.S. annual gross domestic product changes oscillated between extremes of approximately plus orminus 15%.   After the establishment of the Federal Reserve Board, the limits of GDP oscillations narrowed to approximately plus or minus 6%. You may well wonder where he got that idea, since there are no official estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) for years before 1929.  In the early 1960s, however, John Kendrick and Simon Kuznets bravely attempted to construct such estimates for gross national product (GNP).  That would be close enough to modern GDP data were it not for the primitive statistics and technology they had to work with. The table (after the jump) shows these h... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2778389 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:14:21 +0100 2778389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2752147&cid=t_194334_151_f&fid=35805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwelvestepfacilitation.com%2Fidentifying-teen-alcohol-abuse-or-dependence%2F CONCLUSIONS: The Chilean version of the AUDIT is a valid and reliable tool for identifying adolescents with hazardous, harmful, and dependent alcohol use. The suggested cut-off points make screening with the AUDIT more accurate for adolescent populations. Research; Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Aug 1;103(3):155-8. Epub 2009 May 6. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as a screening instrument for adolescents. Santis R, Garmendia ML, Acuña G, Alvarado ME, Arteaga O. See also; 12-Step Treatment More Effective than Alternative Brief-TSF ASSESSMENT Brief-TSF can assist patients cease alcohol consumption. Learn about the disease http://alcoholcoach.com/5-stages-of-alcoholism/ Youth With Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Escape from Bondage (Helping Youth With Mental, Physical... Twelve Step Facilitation.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2752147 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:41:40 +0100 2752147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751841&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F01%2Fpayment-by-results-data-assurance-framework-200809%2F Title: Payment by Results data assurance framework 2008/09 The Skinny: Presents the key findings and analysis of the 2008/09 national clinical coding audit programme managed by the Audit Commission under the Payment by Results (PbR) Data Assurance Framework. It shows that the number of errors made by NHS trusts under the Payment by Results (PbR) system is falling, but there are continuing concerns about the poor quality of some medical records. Publisher: Audit Commission Size of Publication: 48p Published: 24/08/2009 Additional Documents Supplementary analysis Independent sector pilot briefing Improving clinical records and clinical coding together North West Supplements Sefton PCT (5NJ): inpatient audit results 2008/09 Stockport PCT: inpatient audit results 2008/09 Posted in Finan... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751841 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:20:13 +0100 2751841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730031&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F24%2F5301%2F Title: Local self-assessment audit for assessing implementation of HTM 01-05: decontamination in primary care dental practices and related infection prevention and control issues The Skinny: Audit tool produced jointly by the Department and the Infection Prevention Society, to allow practices to assess their level of compliance with the HTM 01-05: decontamination in primary care dental practices. It will allow practices to identify areas where they need to improve the quality of the decontamination process to achieve essential quality requirements and best practice, as identified in the guidance document. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 16p Published: 24/08/2009 Posted in Dental Health, Grey Literature, Infection Control, NHS Tagged: Clinical Audit, Dental Health, Grey Literature, Guid... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730031 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:34:28 +0100 2730031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2605911&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F16%2Fhepatitis-c-out-of-control-an-audit-of-strategic-health-authority-hepatitis-c-governance%2F Title: Hepatitis C – Out of Control: An audit of Strategic Health Authority hepatitis C governance The Skinny: Audit from the Hepatitis C Trust that identifies that a large majority (70%) of Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) in England are failing to oversee the Government’s strategy to tackle hepatitis C.  The result of the audit is that the Trust calls for: A national liver czar responsible for driving forward improvements in liver services, particularly hepatitis C. A national liver strategy to address the growing crisis of liver disease, with clearly defined actions for addressing hepatitis C. A robust governance structure for hepatitis C to oversee the monitoring, benchmarking and evaluation of actions by all levels of the NHS. These should be reported annually in the HPA ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2605911 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:18:07 +0100 2605911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561212&cid=t_194334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fr70NNXcLMmI%2F Last week Cato hosted a policy forum on “Bringing Transparency to the Federal Reserve,” featuring Congressman Ron Paul. As mentioned in CQ Politics, Rep. Paul’s bill, HR 1207, has been gaining considerable momentum in the House, with currently 244 co-sponsors, ranging from John Boehner to John Conyers Jr. In fact, the Senate companion bill was introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke discussed the very topic of Federal Reserve Transparency at Cato’s annual monetary conference in the Fall of 2007. After praising moves toward greater transparency at the Fed, Bernanke argued that “monetary policy makers are public servants whose decisions affect the life of every citizen; consequently, in a democratic society, they have a responsibility to give the peo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561212 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:57:27 +0100 2561212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510267&cid=t_194334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-WOIyklLYME%2F When Texas Congressman and former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul speaks about transparency in the Federal Reserve, he sums up his argument with one simple question. Why not? “Why in the world should this much power be given to a Federal Reserve that has the authority to create $1 trillion secretly?” Ron Paul asked a standing room-only crowd today at the Cato Institute. Paul was on a panel of speakers, including Gilbert Schwartz, former associate general counsel to the Federal Reserve, to discuss a new bill that will audit the Fed for the first time in its history. This comes at a time when the Fed’s balance sheet has almost tripled, from just over $800 billion before the financial crisis to almost $2.3 trillion now. “We will only win when the people wake up ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510267 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:02:53 +0100 2510267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458025&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fthe-use-of-management-consultants-by-the-nhs-and-the-department-of-health-fifth-report-of-session-2008%25e2%2580%259309-report-together-with-formal-minutes-and-oral-evidence%2F from the House of Commons Health Committee questions the value of the use of management consultants by the NHS and Department of Health, it recommends: Government and Monitor should collect centrally lists of the management consultants employed by the Department of Health, SHAs, PCTs and acute, ambulance and mental health trusts, indicating the projects they are employed on, their duration, cost and purpose; the top ten daily rates paid by each category of organisation. A sample of contracts with management consultants agreed by all categories of NHS organisation and the Department should be subject to external peer review. This should include an assessment of the value of the consultants’ output. The external peer review might be put out to tender through the National Institute fo... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458025 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:59:29 +0100 2458025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021582&cid=t_194334_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FGibKCKi-MJE%2F Eureka! A possible stocking stuffer that combines sensory input with one of Charlie’s preferred foods—edamame—and can be attached to the D-ring on his bookbag and readily squeezed when the noise on the schoolbus gets, well, noisy: Asovision Edamame If that seems a little weird (and the price is kinda steep—equivalent to buying a couple of bags of frozen edamame), there’s always virtual bubble wrap. Tags: asd, asperger, audit, autism, autism blog, bubble wrap, disability, edamame disabilities blog, Education, gadgets, gizmos, Health, parenthood, special needs, ToysShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021582 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:12:23 +0100 2021582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021583&cid=t_194334_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FhbCmjK5tZqQ%2F This is the last week of classes at the college where I teach; after finals, spring semester does not start till mid-January. It’ll be good not to have to rush around so much and to work more around home, and, certainly, not to have to hurry home on the highway to meet Charlie’s schoolbus. It does occur to me that, if I didn’t work, I could spare us a certain amount of anxiety: What to do when Charlie is sick? What to do if there’s an early morning meeting to attend or one in the later afternoon? What I do at work—-teaching Latin and ancient Greek and some administrative and advising duties—has little (obvious) relevance to what Charlie is learning and to what he needs. Some years ago, I thought seriously about becoming an autism teacher, so I’d be... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021583 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:57:26 +0100 2021583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021584&cid=t_194334_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FfTz9KniIb6s%2F , also known as the Kennedy-Brownback bill, authorizes the use of federal funds to train doctors to inform parents about Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions with up-to-date information on child development and life expectancy. If funded at the recommended $25 million over five years, the bill would provide for referral networks, to connect parents who’ve recently received a diagnosis with parents of older children, as reported in today’s Eagle Tribune (North Andover). Dr. Brian Skotko of Children’s Hospital Boston—who has a nephew with Down syndrome—published a study of the results from a survey of more than 1,000 mothers (2005): The central question was about how medical support could be improved for mothers who received a D... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021584 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:08:47 +0100 2021584 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2017834&cid=t_194334_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F4SCUw62fj9k%2F MMR and autism have become indelibly linked in the public consciousness. What about MMR and asthma? A study in the December 1st American Journal of Epidemiology asks if there is an association between receiving the MMR vaccine and asthma in early childhood. 871,234 children were examined; researchers Anders Hviid and Mads Melbye looked at rates of hospitalization in those with asthma diagnoses and (for a subset of the cohort) the use of anti-asthma medications. Significantly larger numbers of children who had received the MMR vaccine were less often hospitalized with an asthma diagnosis and also used anti-asthma medication less than unvaccinated children. Researchers concluded that these results are compatible not with an increased risk of asthma following MMR vaccination but rather with t... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2017834 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:27:54 +0100 2017834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2017837&cid=t_194334_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FHriUT9wx-v4%2F 8-year-old Mari Klages—-whose was asked not to return to a Girl Scout Brownie troop for girls with special needs in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, after attending one meeting—-is now again a Brownie again, thanks to her former troop leader, Dina Johnston, and the Girl Scouts organization. Writes Laurel Walker in today’s Journal Sentinel: Anita Rodriguez, vice president for organizational strategy at the southeast Girl Scouts chapter, said, “The bottom line for us is we do not discriminate and the Girl Scouts did not kick her out” but worked to find a solution. Unfortunately, she said, the special needs troop that was tailored to the sedentary needs of the other three girls, including one with brittle bone disease, has disbanded after three meetings because parents and... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2017837 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:25:58 +0100 2017837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2011194&cid=t_194334_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F7N4v9CZX5V4%2F An audit of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs has reported numerous oversights including failures to follow up on up on safety violations and insufficient efforts to keep abusers off facility payrolls, yesterday’s Associated Press (via the Courier Post) reports. The audit recommends Disabilities and Special Needs require fingerprinting and FBI national background checks for caregivers, not just a check through the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division. The agency said it would consider the feasibility of fingerprint checks. Meanwhile, the agency isn’t doing enough to check references. It “does not have an adequate system to ensure that direct caregivers who are dismissed for consumer safety-related disciplinary infractions are not reh... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2011194 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:00:29 +0100 2011194 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1955153&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.podbean.com%2Fmedias%2Fweb%2FaHR0cDovL21lZGlhMi5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS8zNzc4Ni91L1RoZUNvbW1pc3Npb25lcjMxMS5tcDM%2FTheCommissioner311.mp3 World Class Commissioning and Audit Commission Auditors’ Local Evaluation (Use of Resources from 08/09) Three new NICE Commissioning Guides Mental Health Act Briefing: Children & Young People Taking the long term view: the Department of Health’s strategy for delivering sustainable development 2008-2011 NHS must rise to technology challenge Commissioning IAPT for the whole community: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Improving outcomes in cardiovascular disease; a guide for practice-based commissioners Self-referral pilots to musculoskeletal physiotherapy and the implications for improving access to other AHP services Integrated care pilot programme - prospectus for potential pilots Standard Podcasts [ 5:55m] Feed for Podcast Posted in Current Awareness, Grey L... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955153 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:30:36 +0100 1955153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1850943&cid=t_194334_113_f&fid=34635&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.hittransition.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fcan-bankers-sav.html Once-reliable revenue streams are drying up. Money you thought you'd socked safely away evaporates overnight. Your staff starts devoting more and more time to collections, leaving less and less time for day-to-day operations. The things you used to do to pay the bills aren't working anymore, and indications are that you will have to change your business model or go bankrupt. Is this a crisis or a catastrophe? Is it a temporary crunch or a drawn-out recession? Is the source of the problem the stock market, the credit market or unqualified borrowers? If you're a healthcare provider, the answer to all of these questions is "none of the above," because the symptoms I'm describing have nothing to do with the financial crisis everyone else is talking about -- they're a result of permanent chan... The HIT Transition Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1850943 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:27:46 +0100 1850943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1850918&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fsignificant-event-audit%2F From the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) comes Significant Event Audit Guidance for Primary Care Teams and A quick guide to conducting an Significant Event Audit which enables primary care teams to learn from patient safety incidents and ‘near misses’.  The technique was established in the mid-1990s as an effective quality assurance method in general practice, with the aim of improving patients’ experience, care and outcomes, and to identify changes that might improve future care and was incorporated into the Quality and Outcomes Framework in 2004, as part of the new General Medical Services contract requirements. Posted in Grey Literature, Primary Care, Quality   Tagged: Grey Literature, Primary Care, Quality, Research, Significant Event Audit   ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1850918 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:06:25 +0100 1850918 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1844582&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fauditors-local-evaluation-200708%2F Auditors’ Local Evaluation 2007/08 Briefing (ALE) (Executive Summary) assesses how well primary care trusts (PCTs) and NHS trusts manage and obtain value for money from their financial resources. ALE was introduced in 2005/06 and the overall picture is one of significant improvement over the three years assessed.  Notable practice can be found here. Posted in Financial Management, Grey Literature, Health Economics, Hospitals, NHS, Primary Care, Quality   Tagged: Audit, Financial Management, Good Practice, Grey Literature, Health Economics, Hospitals, Primary Care, Quality    (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1844582 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:53:58 +0100 1844582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1825492&cid=t_194334_113_f&fid=34635&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.hittransition.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fmedical-bankrup.html Back in December 07, I warned about the delayed impact that January's shift of High Deductible Health Plan enrollment would have on provider revenues. Moving significant percentages of revenue from the difficult-but-predictable insurance plan bucket to the thousand-points-of-non-collection patient-self-pay bucket would take some time to sink in. In fact, I said it might take until July before providers realized they weren't going to get paid for January's care. Hopless Optimism Today, a friend and loyal reader passed along a NYT editorial by Barbara Ehrenreich that suggests the current financial crisis is due in large part to positive thinking, as characterized by the popular film, "The Secret." The financiers simply believed too much in the upside, but that is a matter of course, given t... The HIT Transition Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825492 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:25:52 +0100 1825492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1652301&cid=t_194334_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F344510800%2F The Healthcare Commission has produced this report into Acute Mental Health In-patient Care. There’s a HCC press release here. While the Telegraph highlights: Thousands of mental health patients go missing from wards The sectioned patients either escaped from wards, went missing during authorised leave or failed to return to hospital when they should have, a critical report by the Healthcare Commission found. During six months in 2007, patients detained under the Mental Health Act went missing on 2,745 occasions for a total of 8,870 nights The Independent writes specifically about how unsafe such wards are. Despite increased spending of £1.2bn in real terms on adult mental health services since 2002, one in four of England’s 10,000 mental hospital beds is in a trust rated a... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1652301 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:34:13 +0100 1652301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1546568&cid=t_194334_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F26%2F714%2F from the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) finds that MINAP has collected data for eight years (2000–2008), and since it started has accumulated data on over 607,000 patients. It now receives data from all but one hospital that admit heart attack patients in England and Wales. Increased survival from heart attacks has occurred against a background of faster thrombolytic treatment in hospital, the introduction of pre-hospital thrombolysis and primary angioplasty and the improved use of secondary prevention medication. While there is variation between hospitals, most patients with heart attack are treated sooner after calling for professional help than in 2006/7. The use of secondary prevention medication has continued to exceed the national standards. The early... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1546568 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:32:42 +0100 1546568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1204592&cid=t_194334_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2008%2F02%2F04%2F42-questions-hhs-might-ask-in-a-hipaa-audit%2F This information is a little bit dated, but it was sitting in my draft posts and I think that it’s still very relevant to those interested in HIPAA compliance. Computer World posted an article about Atlanta’s Piedmont hospital being the first organization to have a HIPAA audit by the HHS. In the report they identified 42 questions that HHS reportedly asked Piedmont hospital during the HIPAA audit. Regardless of how accurate this is, I think that it’s interesting for all those in the healthcare industry to evaluate these questions and how they apply in their environment. Here’s the list of questions: 1. Establishing and terminating users’ access to systems housing electronic patient health information (ePHI). 2. Emergency access to electronic information sy... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1204592 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:25:24 +0100 1204592