Kissito Alerts April 20
April 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Healthcare Alerts
Source: McKnights
Title: F-tags with revisions on resident quality of life to be released in june
Date: 4/20/09
- Eleven F-tags with revisions related to the quality of life and environment of nursing home residents will be available June 17.
- Subjects of the tags include access and visitation, married couples, notice before room or roommate change, private closet space, and sanitary conditions.
Source: National Institutes of Health
Title: NIDA launches drug use screening tools for physicians
Date: 4/20/09
URL: www.nih.gov/news/health/apr2009/nida-20.htm
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) unveiled its first comprehensive Physician’s Outreach Initiative, NIDAMED, which gives medical professionals tools and resources to screen their patients for tobacco, alcohol, illicit, and nonmedical prescription drug use.
- The initiative stresses the importance of the patient-doctor relationship in identifying unhealthy behaviors before they evolve into life threatening conditions.
Source: McKnights
Title: CMS releases implementation timeline for MDS 3.0
Date: 4/20/09
URL: www.mcknights.com/cms-releasese-implementation-timeline-for-mds-30/article/130861/?DCMP=MCK_Daily
- CMS released its timeline for MDS 3.0 on Friday.
- The new timeline is nearly identical to the one that was removed from the site.
- The Oct, CMS will publish final MDS 3.0 data specifications as well as data elements. In Oct, they will also publish the LTC Facility Resident Assessment Instrument User’s Manual.
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