#119 – IMPLEMENTING VALUE ADDED AUDITING IN HEALTHCARE – TED SCHMIDT
“We need help with our audit program”. “Our internal auditing is expensive and leadership wants it to show value”. And finally, “Our auditors will audit where they know they’ll find the known...
View Article#120 – RISK BASED THINKING: PATIENT SAFETY THROUGH ACCREDITATION – TED SCHMIDT
This past week, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identified 758 hospitals that have high rates of patient safety issues. As a result, their 2016 Medicare reimbursements are being...
View Article#126 – PROCESS DESIGN FOR PATIENT SAFETY – TED SCHMIDT
Recently, I wrote about the benefits of using the SIPOC diagram for process identification and process control. As a profession, we still struggle with this concept of process approach or process...
View Article#130 – RBT IN HEALTHCARE: PROCESS METABOLISM – TED SCHMIDT
Process metabolism is a concocted term to describe and hopefully understand how our processes work in their environment. It’s a concept that we need to begin to embrace if we want to improve our...
View Article#134 – HEALTHCARE @ RISK – UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT – TED SCHMIDT
In an effort to better understand the “context” of the environment in our hospitals, we conducted some basic research. Our results, though mostly unscientific, do bring us to our current state in...
View Article#138 – HEALTHCARE@RISK – ALIGNING YOUR STRATEGIC VISION WITH YOUR BUSINESS...
With all of the changes in healthcare reimbursements, how do you ensure that your hospital is properly funded to meet your financial/operational needs while achieving your hospital’s vision? These...
View Article#148 – USING YOUR ACCREDITATION TO MAINTAIN HIPAA COMPLIANCE – TED SCHMIDT
With the recent changes to the enforcement of HIPAA and HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act), “covered entities and their business associates” (aka hospitals and...
View Article#161 – RISK BASED THINKING IN HEALTHCARE 2.0 – TED SCHMIDT
In my May 2015 article on Risk-Based Thinking (RBT), I discussed the current state of healthcare related to risk and our current performance as a profession. Since that article, there have been other...
View Article#187 – Risk Based Thinking in Healthcare: Managing Knowledge – Ted Schmidt
I continue to be amazed at the hidden jewels in our hospital accreditation requirements, there by design yet oftentimes not apparent. One of my newest amazements is knowledge management. What is...
View Article#228 – LET’S STOP CLOSING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS – TED SCHMIDT
I would ask you to look in your copy ofISO 9001:2015, clause 10.2 and highlight or underline the word “close” as it relates to corrective actions. Before you look, it’s not there. It’s not...
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