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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 …

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 …

Question: In the past, we met PC.02.01.03 by adding automatic firing orders for venous access to all intravenous medication orders. Is IV …

Question: Most of our hospitals have a modified process for medication reconciliation for outpatient areas.   In most cases, patients …

Question: What is a procedure vs. an operation? For example, is deep brain stimulation a procedure or an operation? Our diagnostics side wants to …

Question: Once upon a time, TJC used to review that we offered an autopsy to basically all families when the patient expired. Can we stop offering it …