April-May 2010 Medical Staff Update

Medical Staff Update

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

This issue contains brief announcements about actions relevant to medical staff, including The Joint Commission (TJC), the Emory Electronic Medical Records (EeMR) system and picture archival and communications system (PACS) updates, bylaws changes and more.

In This Issue

  1. Joint Commission news
  2. Bylaws changes
  3. EeMR Wave 2 update
  4. Magnet means me
  5. Emory Clinic reports successful participation in PQRI Program
  6. Important information about palliative care/hospice care
  7. Wesley Woods Wound Therapy Clinic has 91 percent overall healing rate
  8. Give to your passion!
  9. Emory Innovations: Heart & Vascular
  10. Radiology updates
  11. News Briefs
  12. Events
  13. Listing of new doctors 

If you have an item to contribute, please send it to physician.news@emoryhealthcare.org.
Executive Editor: William A. Bornstein, MD, PhD, chief quality and medical officer, Emory Healthcare
Editor: Marilyn Baron, Emory Healthcare Market Strategy & Support
Web: Meredith Fisher, Emory Healthcare Market Strategy & Support