NHPCO
APRIL 15, 2024
For Immediate Release April 15, 2024 (Alexandria, VA) – CaringInfo , a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), has launched a new consumer blog, Insights , offering timely and practical content on serious-illness care and services from a variety of perspectives in both English and Spanish.
Nurse.com
OCTOBER 24, 2023
An RN claims his nurse manager criticized him for documenting in the medical record that a patient was “combative and noncompliant,” after the patient struck the RN and another nurse during discharge. The RN wonders how he should’ve documented the incident since the nurse manager didn’t provide constructive feedback.
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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
MARCH 14, 2024
If you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen. Today, I would like for us all to consider not merely the importance of documenting daily skilled care but also the reason for referral and the need for initiating services in the first place. How many times have we all heard those words? Limited safety awareness observed.”
Nurse.com
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
A physician signs off on patients’ visits and completes the documentation in the electronic medical records (EMR). Medical diagnosis vs. nursing diagnosis The existing documentation practices are bothersome for several reasons. First, are her decisions and documentation considered a medical diagnosis?
Nurse.com
JULY 11, 2022
The RN did the assessment and documented her results. The resident was found deceased on the floor the next day, and the RN was asked to change her documentation of her assessment. The administrator had another RN change the documentation done initially by the RN in question. The report was denied by the organization.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Court of Appeals indicated that incomplete or inaccurate medical records, including documentation errors, may establish materiality in an FCA litigation. OIG raised questions around a variety of its corporate policies, internal documents, physician-based hospice certifications and employee emails.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 27, 2023
In our quest to provide the absolute highest level of patient care, we saw the need to fully incorporate pets into our care model,” Crawford said in a blog post. The documents associated with the pet placement plans are notarized, according to Diane McGill, founder and president of Pet Peace of Mind.
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