PROGRAM SUMMARY
Understanding frequently cited deficiencies can help hospital and health system leaders identify where their compliance efforts require the greatest attention. For Illinois acute care hospitals and critical access hospitals, infection prevention, patient rights, and nursing services are among the areas that continue to present compliance challenges.
This webinar will provide practical guidance for preventing deficiencies. You’ll examine the compliance expectations behind frequently cited findings, learn how to keep current with changing regulations and guidance, and explore strategies for identifying and addressing compliance gaps before they result in deficiencies. The session will help hospital teams focus their compliance efforts and strengthen their ongoing regulatory and accreditation readiness.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify the most frequently cited deficiencies in Illinois acute care hospitals.
- Outline practical strategies to address and prevent common deficiencies.
- Explain how hospital teams can stay current with evolving regulations and guidelines.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This program is designed for hospital leaders and staff responsible for patient rights, regulatory compliance, and patient safety. It will be especially relevant to:
- Hospital executives and administrative leaders, including CEOs, CMOs and CNOs
- Compliance, accreditation and regulatory affairs professionals
- Quality improvement and patient safety professionals
- Risk managers
- Emergency department and behavioral health leaders
- Healthcare attorneys and legal counsel
- Health information management professionals
- Clinical leaders and professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and dietitians