Oct/Nov 2009 Medical Staff Update

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NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

This issue contains brief announcements about actions relevant to medical staffs, including the launch of the Annual Infection Control Campaign and important changes; a new hand hygiene campaign, TJC, CPOE and Radiology updates; and more.

In This Issue

  1. EHC mandates seasonal influenza vaccination, changes Infection Control completion deadline
  2. Joint Commission update
  3. Need CPOE assistance?
  4. Foam in/Foam out
  5. Disclosing Adverse Outcomes and Unintended Occurrences
  6. Emory VAD program Earns Gold Seal from TJC
  7. 2009 Metro Atlanta Start! Heart Walk
  8. Return of Family Medicine Residency Program to EUHM
  9. Emory forms new multidisciplinary Clinical Molecular Testing Utilization Committee
  10. Clinical documentation of acute and chronic kidney disease
  11. Remember your precertification
  12. VistaCare Hospice
  13. Physician and office manager luncheon - RAC and Auditing Forum
  14. RADIOLOGY UPDATES
  15. LAB UPDATES
  16. NEWS BRIEFS
  17. EVENTS
  18. Give to Campaign Emory
  19. 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