What Is An EMTALA Form?
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) governs how patients are transferred from one hospital to another. When a patient requests a …
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The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) governs how patients are transferred from one hospital to another. When a patient requests a …
Consent to treat signatures provide written acknowledgement by the patient or representative that the informed consent process occurred. How Often …
Paramedics are allowed to supplement nursing care in the ED as long as their practice is in accordance with their scope of practice regulation in …
The pharmacy line of demarcation separates the non-hazardous drug sterile compounding area (SGA) from the hazardous drug compounding section. What Is …
Question: Currently, our anesthesiologists are completing the anesthesiology assessment, not the H&P. The providers take the …
Question: I was rounding in our Endo Department and in one of the charts we reviewed, the patient signed a consent for a colonoscopy and the post …
HBS has acquired Patton Healthcare Consulting, Inc., a national practice that provides Joint Commission accreditation, CMS compliance consulting, …
Question: Do hospital laundry services require a current hospital-accredited certificate or can they just provide the evidence that they …
Question: Our hospital is having difficulty in maintaining a Radiology Medical Director. They are under the impression that perhaps it is …
Question: I have a medication management question that seems a little silly to ask, but I don’t want to provide incorrect information. In a …