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Mary Ellen Conway, RN, BSN, is president of Capital Healthcare Group, LLC, Bethesda, Md., which provides health care management expertise in accreditation preparation and survey follow-up, operations assistance, design of quality improvement programs and outcome measures. She can be contacted by phone at 301/896-0193 or through www.capitalhealthcaregroup.com.
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Test your emergency and disaster plans to make sure they work....
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Maintain correct processes and practices — all the time, every day....
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You could have some critical paperwork to do....
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Make sure your HR files are in order, Part Two....
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One of the most common problems on survey for providers large and small is meeting the accreditation requirements for personnel, or human resource, files....
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