JCAHO; accreditation at the crossroads

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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)is adopting new standards for hospitals to meet. JCAHO beginning in 1994, will collect new types of data from hospitals and make unannounced surveys. The JCAHO's stronger stance on public disclosure about health-care providers and the new approach will help the hospital industry keep government micro-managers at bay. In JCAHO's new approach, quality of care and its outcome matter more than paperwork and processes.

General medical & surgical hospitals, Standards, Licensing, certification and accreditation, Hospitals, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Hospital accreditation

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The faces of Medicaid

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Medicaid is expected to be reduced when the US Congress attempts to balance the budget. The Medicaid system needs to be changed carefully to ensure that the older and younger US citizens who rely upon it will continue to receive health care and aid. A fair system should be utilized which depends upon the need and income of the recipient. Major reductions will not solve the crisis and flexibility in the system should be maintained.

Medicaid, Administration of Public Health Programs, Laws, regulations and rules

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A friend's legacy of life

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Patric Ludwig, former pres of the Michigan Health & Hospital Assn, died recently after suffering a series of strokes. He donated his kidneys, liver, corneal tissue, and bone tissue to help persons in need of transplants. The US Dept of Health and Human Services reports that the number of organ transplants is growing, but education is needed to promote the program further.

Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Surgical Transplants, Management, Personal narratives, Biography, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Organ transplantation, Tissue transplantation, Transplantation, Organ donors, Tissue donors, Ludwig, Patric

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