August/September 2010 Medical Staff Update
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
This issue contains brief announcements about actions relevant to medical staff, including The Joint Commission (TJC), Emory Hospitals Restraint Policy, and more.
In This Issue
- Joint Commission news
- “Doctor, We Need a Restraint Now!”
- Timely completion of death certificates
- New Georgia law expands possible surrogate decision makers
- Magnet means me: Exemplary Professional Practice
- Information Services broadens physician involvement
- The Physician Perspective
- Emory Innovations: Bone Marrow Transplants
- Nutritional diagnoses are significant severity drivers
- News Briefs
- Events
- 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 Communications
Web: Meredith Fisher, Emory Healthcare Market Strategy & Support
