Phased Opening/Closure and Remote Work Options, including Telehealth, the Summer 2020 HHP Community Survey

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Community Survey Summer 2020

Access the survey here

Background
As you know, I have been hosting community discussion zoom sessions since mid-March to help the hospital-based acupuncture community discuss and share ideas on the pandemic prep & response. And, all the share-able content generated from those sessions so far is (and continues to be) uploaded to the online resource module here.

Three weeks ago a colleague recommended creating a survey to capture all the information on all the changes in a format that can:

1. Be edited by the data entrant [because things change!]
2. Create some summaries
3. Be a quick source of share-able community information

Situation
I finished edits on it last week and it is up and running! It is available for acupuncturists and program managers who work with acupuncturists to input their information.

Assessment & Recommendation
This could be a useful resource for the community during this time of great change if enough of us complete it.
Please complete the survey to the best of your knowledge for your program and share this link with other hospital-based practice colleagues.

Who can take the survey?
Anyone who works in an organization or facility that is accredited by or eligible for accreditation by The Joint Commission.

What is "hospital-based"?
For purposes of this survey, I define "hospital-based" as any organization or workplace that is accredited by or eligible for accreditation by The Joint Commission. This definition includes FQHCs, county clinics, community health centers, and other federal health care spaces.

The survey is available here

Related Resources

• The Telehealth Roundtable for Hospital-based Acupuncture Programs Online Event and related resources
• The Resource for Community Discussions on Pandemic Prep & Response

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Survey: Preparing for a Joint Commission Visit

keywords and phrases: hospital-based acupuncturists, community surveys, wisdom-share, quality assurance, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), preparing for a Joint Commission visit, resources for learning more about The Joint Commission

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Community Survey this Season: 

Preparing for a Joint Commission Visit

For all acupuncturists working at a Joint Commission-accredited facility (or facility eligible for TJC accreditation) and their hospital sponsors (admin)

TJC = The Joint Commission, a non-profit accrediting body for healthcare facilities that focuses on safety and quality assurance measures.

Please share the survey link with colleagues who can add their wisdom.

Survey Link

Suspense Date: OPEN
Since we go through several rounds of this every year, I decided it is time I write something on this subject for the community. As of Jan 2020, the plan is to keep this survey open and compile responses every 6 months or as time & opportunity allow.

Goal: Learn about the community's current questions and concerns about preparing for a Joint Commission visit. Share your "lessons learned" for a Joint Commission visit. Share any standard operating procedures (SOPs) or other advice that was helpful to you in preparing for a Joint Commission visit. Share any other advice or questions you have on this subject. Continue the discussion in the community on this topic.

How will this info be used?

1. Continue the discussion in the community about the topic
2. When enough information gathered, will create a summary document(s) available to the discussion community and a public blog post summary via the blog 
3. Follow up interview potential about specific programs for those interested in participating, part of the "issues in hospital practice" community webinar/interview series. For more about this special Project series, go here.  
4. I will have the survey open through the holidays with a suspense date of 1.1.2020. I will compile responses received up to that time period. However, I can keep the survey open or re-open in the future and then compile notes received about every 6 months for the community. *Waiting to hear in this first round of information what the community would like as a resource.*

The survey link 

Why this survey

• In the U.S., every hospital-based acupuncturist will come across The Joint Commission preparation and visit. And so will every acupuncturist who works in a Joint Commission accredited facility, including FQHC community health clinics. In an ideal situation, you had an awesome program manager/hospital admin who set up the whole program, from position description to credentialing to SOPs, to fly with sailing colors of quality assurance through the TJC process. And, that person has kept everyone up to par on all the quality assurance measures to stay compliant. However, that is an ideal situation. Many acupuncturists are new employees and might be encountering TJC prep rounds for the first time. This is an opportunity to connect with your community to wisdom-share with those who have set up programs, those in the process of setting up programs, and those who love the Metal Element of quality assurance. Because we need our Metal colleagues and their talents to round out all of us. When it comes to TJC visits, they shine. :) 
• The Hospital Handbook Project is about connecting people to each other and sharing wisdom. This is an important topic for us to start a more structured discussion on. I am looking forward to your feedback. 
• However, the Project is not a substitute for finding mentors in your own facility. The Project can connect you virtually with others dealing with the same or very similar issues and their solutions. For more about how much we value mentor-relationship building, please see the First Steps resources, available on the website.
• Get Your Foot in the Door of Hospital-Based Practice: First Steps For the Acupuncturist or Integrative Health Student
• Workbook Companion to First Steps--highly recommend this. It walks you through how to implement the advice given in the booklet. All proceeds from sales on the website go directly toward off-setting basic operating costs of running the HH Project.

So, without further ado! Would you fill out this survey to share your questions or wisdom?

Thank you. 🏥🦋🙂☕️

If you are a student or practitioner in the field and are interested in connecting to mentors or programs,

1. First, check out our Hospital-based Practice Learning Opportunities Directory.
2. Then, if the options in the directory don't fit your needs, you can contact me via the website with your query. 
3. For free and low-cost resources already available for prospective hospital-based practitioners, go to the First Steps resources at our website, stay connected to this blog, and sign up for the email list.  
4. For the New Hospital Employee, here is a new resource landing page for you.
5. The current resource landing page for the Program Lead and Hospital Sponsor is here.
6. Welcome to the community!

Blog posts related to The Joint Commission and Acupuncturists 

• Gale M, Hospital Practice: Recognition of Acupuncturist as a Licensed Independent Practitioner (LIP). Meridians: JAOM, 2016 3(4): 11-16, 41.  This is a public access article available in electronic and print format at the journal's website. The journal is Journal of the American Association of Acupuncturists (JASA), formerly Meridians: Journal of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
• Credentialing and Privileging: Joint Commission references
• Peer Record Review
• The Joint Commission Pain Management Clarification Statement--a step forward for integrative health access in pain management for patients
• The Joint Commission: Understanding FPPE and OPPE processes
• The BLS Occupational Code for Acupuncturists is published! What it means for credentialing, privileging, and TJC processes

All blog posts are also available as pdfs for about the cost of taking me for coffee ☕. Just send me a message via the website contact page with which blog post(s) you would like in pdf form.


Other Community Survey Blogposts

• Community Survey: What Does Success Look Like in Integrative Oncology
• Community Survey: EHR use

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If you are interested in a pdf copy of an article/post on this blog,
send me a message via the website with which post you are interested in.
A pdf copy is available for about the cost of a cup of coffee. ☕ All proceeds from the website go directly toward helping offset the basic operating costs of The Hospital Handbook Project. Thank you.

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Survey: What Does Success Look Like in an Integrative Oncology Program?

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Community Survey this Month: 

What Does Success Look Like in Integrative Oncology?

For those of you working in oncology/cancer care or a large % of your patient care is oncology/cancer care, this community survey is for you!

Please share the survey link with colleagues who can add their wisdom.

Survey Link

Suspense Date: respond by Oct. 1st, 2019

Goal: Learn about the current standards and metrics for integrative oncology programs focus on the work of licensed acupuncturists

How will this info be used?

1. Continue the discussion in the community about the following topics: using metrics in clinical care, finding relevant metrics for your work, how integrative oncology programs are being set up, maintained, and grown
2. When enough information gathered, will create a summary document(s) available to the discussion community and a public blog post summary via the blog 
3. Follow up interview potential about specific programs for those interested in participating, part of the "issues in hospital practice" community webinar/interview series. For more about this special Project series, go here.  

The survey link 

Why this survey

• Integrative oncology programs have been growing quickly in the last 5 years. I usually field questions to those practitioners in the community who are working in oncology, but the rate of queries coming in have increased in rate and complexity. To the point, I feel it would help us and the people-with-questions if I wrote up a summary of the community wisdom to share both in the discussion groups and in a blog post. 
• I still feel it is necessary to connect people entering these programs or, especially, those creating/standing up these programs to connect to potential mentors in the community. This does not substitute the person-connection/mentor-relationship building. It will, I hope, provide a softer landing spot for those who are in the “waiting place” to connect with their very busy mentors. Softer landing spot = basic background on the subject, resources to read and review, etc.

So, without further ado! Would you fill out this survey to share your wisdom before October 1st?

Thank you. 🏥🦋🙂☕️

If you are a student or practitioner in the field and are interested in connecting to mentors or programs,

1. First, check out our Hospital-based Practice Learning Opportunities Directory.
2. Then, if the options in the directory don't fit your needs, you can contact me via the website with your query. 

Related Blogposts

• Research Thursdays: Oncology
• Paths to Practice Interview with Dr. Annie Budhathoki of Huntsman Cancer Institute and Wellness Programs

Did you find this information useful or interesting?
Subscribe to our email list for the latest updates and follow us
for "research and metrics Thursdays" on the public Facebook Page.

You can support this community-wisdom-sharing work by
 buying me a coffee or sponsoring a newsletter via our website.  Thank you.

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