November 14, 2008
CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) OUTLINES CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION (COP) UPDATE:
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
outlines a number of Conditions of Participation for hospital-based staff
who care for Medicare patients. As a participating hospital, we are
required to comply with all of these COPs. One such COP states that all
patient medical record entries must be legible, complete, dated, timed and
authenticated in written or electronic form by the person responsible for
providing or evaluating the service provided, consistent with hospital
policies and procedures. As an institution we do well with each of these
components with the exception of timing the entry. A recent chart review
identified 28 entries by a number of disciplines. Only 14 of the 28 (50
percent) entries included a time with the entry. We are taking additional
steps to assure that all entries are timed. We appreciate your help in
complying with this COP. Questions? Call Tom Murphy, MD, at
937-641-5871.
PEDIATRIC SURGEON JOINS DAYTON CHILDREN’S: Jeffrey Pence, MD, has joined
the department of pediatric surgery at Dayton Children’s. Dr. Pence joins
us from the department of surgery at the Brody School of Medicine at East
Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He completed a
fellowship in surgical critical care at Duke University Medical Center in
Durham, North Carolina, and in pediatric surgery at The Children’s
Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Pence is board certified in pediatric
surgery, general surgery and surgical critical care. Please join us in
welcoming Dr. Pence.
SPRINGBORO URGENT CARE CENTER OPENS: The Outpatient Care
Center—Springboro, located on 3333West Tech Road, off of State Route 741
is now open for urgent care business. The facility officially opened on
November 7, 2008. The hours for the facility are Monday through Friday
3:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. The old Far
Hills Urgent Care Center remains open for laboratory testing and
radiology. The Springboro facility provides urgent care, medical imaging,
laboratory testing and rehabilitation services. If you have any questions
please contact Cathy Lewis at 937-641-5725.
FAREWELL RECEPTION: A farewell reception for Dr. Adam Mezoff is planned
for Thursday, November 20, from 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm at the Dayton
Country Club. Please RSVP to Judy Cruea at 937-641-3666 by Tuesday,
November 18, if you plan to attend.
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