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National Quality Forum Framework and Guidelines


Number of threads on this Forum: 12
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Post NQF Preferred Practice #9 YAP 1 03/19/2013
Our Palliative Care program is working on aligning its program with the NQF preferred practices. We are getting ready to work on the Processes of Care which is to ask patients and caregivers to assess “physicians’/healthcare professionals’ ability t ...
Post BLS ACLS Stephenson 1 01/02/2013
Are programs requiring fellows and or staff in hospital-based programs to be BLS and/or ACLS trained and certified?
Post Policy on mechanical vent withdrawal in peds? scshane 2 10/09/2012
Hello, I have been asked to try and benchmark with others regarding policy on mechanical vent withdrawal for pediatrics. We have one for adults but.... you know how that is. Any ideas? Suzan
Post clinical practice guidelines maryg 1 08/20/2012
Is the second edition of the guidelines the most recent? I was told a new set was put out but I am not finding anything newer than the second edition. Thanks
Post palliative care and advanced dementia suzannenk 1 07/18/2012
I am looking for information on palliative care programs which focus on advance dementia and an inpatient geriatric population - consult triggers and care criteria, etc.
Post Pay-for-Performance measures (hospital level) aherman 2 08/30/2011
Not sure if this is the right forum but would enjoy some thoughts and insight. I have just started a new (March 2011) inpatient palliative care consultation program at our hospital (no outpatient clinic yet). I am collecting a number of metrics but was ...
Post ECOG Performance status wwterry 2 06/09/2009
How does the ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Scale serve as a predictor in prognosis? Is there an approximation of duration of time a person has left to live associated with each grade (1-4)and is there any evidenced based practise to prove it's ...
Post Performance evaluation KLP 4 09/14/2009
Dr Ferrell, is there any action planned or ongoing to to develop performance evaluation tools for PC programs based on the preferred practices?
Post NQF acarron 2 10/16/2007
hello, question for Dr. Ferrell, I don't understand preferred practice 9 -how can we expect pts/families to assess physicians abilities to discuss hospice? thank you Dr. Annette Carron
Post question for Betty Ferrell CynthiaWagner 2 10/16/2007
Please provide contact info for RN Mary Hirsdt? (Calif) that you mentioned during audioconfercnce, that is working in smaller community hospital. Would like to network with her. Thanks....great audioconference! Cynthia Wagner, RN, MSN Paoli Hospital, PA
Post team documentation jhpsp 5 09/28/2011
We are a 400+ bed hospital with 450-500 consults per year. We staff a full-time physician, full-time nurse coordinator, 0.5 fte social worker, and 0.5 fte chaplain on a consult basis anywhere in the facility, Mon.- Fri. 8:30-5:00. How is documentation do ...
Post Welcome Message PCaines 1 06/13/2007
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