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E Gardner

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PubMed1992

Requests pouring in for AHCPR's new practice guidelines.

Since the early March release of the first practice guideline by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, on postoperative pain management, the agency's clearinghouse has received more than 110,000 telephone calls and letters requesting copies. The agency also has issued guidelines on urinary incontinence and pressure ulcers. It has mailed 615,000 pieces of literature on the guidelines, and more requests are being filled daily.

Clinical Protocols↗
PubMed1992

Bill may require automation of patient records.

Hospitals that have been delaying investments in clinical information systems may not be able to wait much longer. A bill drafted by HHS and introduced in the Senate last month would require hospitals to computerize their medical records by Jan. 1, 1996. Although the bill has some loopholes to give some facilities until 1998, it certainly would turn hospitals into motivated buyers of such systems.

Hospital Information Systems↗
PubMed1992

Data to help JCAHO pinpoint problem areas.

One change under the JCAHO's "Agenda for Change" will involve the commission's relationship with the healthcare organizations themselves. Hospitals can expect more visits and more contact of all kinds. More importantly, the JCAHO will use clinical data and responses to questionnaires to track potential trouble spots. When the survey team comes around, it'll be able to zero in.

Accreditation↗