Discussion: "Mock Surveys"
- Discuss any inspections or surveys that you have gone through. Please present a specific example, and not just: "it helped us prepare better for the 'real' survey.”
- Discuss how you would train a “mock survey team.”
- How would you monitor the team’s success?
Required Readings:
De Oliveira, J. L. C., Gabriel, C. S., Fertonani, H. P., &
Matsuda, L. M. (2017). Management changes resulting from hospital
accreditation. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 25, e2851.
Flanagan, P. (2017). Aiming for quality and accreditation in the hospital blood bank. ISBT Science Series, 12(1), 46-50.
Ehlers, L.H., Simonsen, K.B., Jensen, M.B., Rasmussen, G.S., Olesen,
A.V. (2017). Unannounced versus announced hospital surveys: a nationwide
cluster-randomized controlled trial. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 29(3), 406–411.
Preparing for high-level disinfection audits. (2017). Association of Operating Room Nurses. AORN Journal, 105(2), P19-P20.
Ross, A., Feider, L., Nahm, E., & Staggers, N. (2017). An
outpatient performance improvement project: A baseline assessment of
adherence to pain reassessment standards. Military Medicine, 182(5), E1688-E1695.
White, R. (2017). The hospital administrator’s emerging professional role. Administering Health Systems, 51-69.