This is one person's ideas - CAN SOMEONE IMPLEMENT THEM IN 2 HOURS

[Guest guest]

Dear Mystery Guest,

Praise the Lord!!! You are such an inspiration. Got to do a lot of fast typing

to get ready for a pre review by a Domminick's employee at 10. Like you she

prefers to remain a mystery.

Can someone commit to doing the actions below and get back to me in 2 hours?

I'm throwing together a rough draft for the 10 AM review.

1) see if you can find the JCAHO definition/criteria

for treatment center

online.

2) find where Read does not meet the criteria or fails

in its basic

requirements

3) of course they try to keep out public comment; if

you can prove that they

are, that's where you can have a " leg to stand on "

4) realize that they're probably dotting their i and

crossing their t's in

every chart and cleaning up every unit for this

accreditation thing. that

doesn't mean that they've provided the services they

are documenting. (and

almost always there are things " made up " )

5) find where JCAHO typically cites mental health

facilities as in (1) and

play to that. are they overcrowded? properly staffed?

providing the services

they are documenting? violating HIPAA? infringing

upon basic human rights?

are there mice in the bedrooms? etc. have they been

abusive (keep in mind you'll need evidence for a charge so serious)?

My guess is that your very best bet is to find what

facilities/hospitals in the Midwest are being cited for and try to lead them

to those citations.

Read the JCAHO requirements/accreditation standards

and find what they're

looking for. Don't focus on the issue of is this a

" treatment center "

versus whatever. They don't give a damn about that.

They do care about the

facility meeting their requirements and standards and

then they'll get a little hissily if they find those violations.

,

this is how they lose

their accreditation. It is considered very bad if they

lose their accreditation, this is a wonderful time to focus on

it. My advice is try to expose where the facility is falling short of the

requirements/standards.

JCAHO will care about that. The facility will be

minding it's ps and qs,

but there's always something to be found. Sometimes,

you have to lead them of where to look. Not sure you have enough time to

lead them exactly where.

Get a sense by reading the standards first and start

from there. Focus on

facts that you can back up or find some suggestions

and gently suggest that

they look there. (for example, you could say that you

know that a treatment

center is required to provide a minimum of _hours of

therapy a week, and in your interactions and reports from the patients, it

seems that the average hours a weeks is 0.2 hours; though they might be

documenting it, perhaps you (JCAHO) could corroborate this somewhat by chatting

with the patients if you are willing to do a more in-depth investigation and

rely upon the word of patients.......)

problem is that the charts and patients that they

usually select to be seen/reviewed are handpicked and probably are either

nonverbal or sing the praises of Read, etc.

Good luck. I trust that you will keep the source of

this suggestion to yourself--thanks.

F. Prior

My Publicly Viewable Calendar: http://calendar./j_prior

T: 773/295-8056 OUT-OF-STATE 800/654-1215 F: 801/848-3451

E: jprior@... W: www.lgln.com

: 22:36-40, Deut 6:5, and Leviticus 19:18

[Guest guest]

Dear Mystery Guest,

Praise the Lord!!! You are such an inspiration. Got to do a lot of fast typing

to get ready for a pre review by a Domminick's employee at 10. Like you she

prefers to remain a mystery.

Can someone commit to doing the actions below and get back to me in 2 hours?

I'm throwing together a rough draft for the 10 AM review.

1) see if you can find the JCAHO definition/criteria

for treatment center

online.

2) find where Read does not meet the criteria or fails

in its basic

requirements

3) of course they try to keep out public comment; if

you can prove that they

are, that's where you can have a " leg to stand on "

4) realize that they're probably dotting their i and

crossing their t's in

every chart and cleaning up every unit for this

accreditation thing. that

doesn't mean that they've provided the services they

are documenting. (and

almost always there are things " made up " )

5) find where JCAHO typically cites mental health

facilities as in (1) and

play to that. are they overcrowded? properly staffed?

providing the services

they are documenting? violating HIPAA? infringing

upon basic human rights?

are there mice in the bedrooms? etc. have they been

abusive (keep in mind you'll need evidence for a charge so serious)?

My guess is that your very best bet is to find what

facilities/hospitals in the Midwest are being cited for and try to lead them

to those citations.

Read the JCAHO requirements/accreditation standards

and find what they're

looking for. Don't focus on the issue of is this a

" treatment center "

versus whatever. They don't give a damn about that.

They do care about the

facility meeting their requirements and standards and

then they'll get a little hissily if they find those violations.

,

this is how they lose

their accreditation. It is considered very bad if they

lose their accreditation, this is a wonderful time to focus on

it. My advice is try to expose where the facility is falling short of the

requirements/standards.

JCAHO will care about that. The facility will be

minding it's ps and qs,

but there's always something to be found. Sometimes,

you have to lead them of where to look. Not sure you have enough time to

lead them exactly where.

Get a sense by reading the standards first and start

from there. Focus on

facts that you can back up or find some suggestions

and gently suggest that

they look there. (for example, you could say that you

know that a treatment

center is required to provide a minimum of _hours of

therapy a week, and in your interactions and reports from the patients, it

seems that the average hours a weeks is 0.2 hours; though they might be

documenting it, perhaps you (JCAHO) could corroborate this somewhat by chatting

with the patients if you are willing to do a more in-depth investigation and

rely upon the word of patients.......)

problem is that the charts and patients that they

usually select to be seen/reviewed are handpicked and probably are either

nonverbal or sing the praises of Read, etc.

Good luck. I trust that you will keep the source of

this suggestion to yourself--thanks.

F. Prior

My Publicly Viewable Calendar: http://calendar./j_prior

T: 773/295-8056 OUT-OF-STATE 800/654-1215 F: 801/848-3451

E: jprior@... W: www.lgln.com

: 22:36-40, Deut 6:5, and Leviticus 19:18

[Guest guest]

Dear Mystery Guest,

Praise the Lord!!! You are such an inspiration. Got to do a lot of fast typing

to get ready for a pre review by a Domminick's employee at 10. Like you she

prefers to remain a mystery.

Can someone commit to doing the actions below and get back to me in 2 hours?

I'm throwing together a rough draft for the 10 AM review.

1) see if you can find the JCAHO definition/criteria

for treatment center

online.

2) find where Read does not meet the criteria or fails

in its basic

requirements

3) of course they try to keep out public comment; if

you can prove that they

are, that's where you can have a " leg to stand on "

4) realize that they're probably dotting their i and

crossing their t's in

every chart and cleaning up every unit for this

accreditation thing. that

doesn't mean that they've provided the services they

are documenting. (and

almost always there are things " made up " )

5) find where JCAHO typically cites mental health

facilities as in (1) and

play to that. are they overcrowded? properly staffed?

providing the services

they are documenting? violating HIPAA? infringing

upon basic human rights?

are there mice in the bedrooms? etc. have they been

abusive (keep in mind you'll need evidence for a charge so serious)?

My guess is that your very best bet is to find what

facilities/hospitals in the Midwest are being cited for and try to lead them

to those citations.

Read the JCAHO requirements/accreditation standards

and find what they're

looking for. Don't focus on the issue of is this a

" treatment center "

versus whatever. They don't give a damn about that.

They do care about the

facility meeting their requirements and standards and

then they'll get a little hissily if they find those violations.

,

this is how they lose

their accreditation. It is considered very bad if they

lose their accreditation, this is a wonderful time to focus on

it. My advice is try to expose where the facility is falling short of the

requirements/standards.

JCAHO will care about that. The facility will be

minding it's ps and qs,

but there's always something to be found. Sometimes,

you have to lead them of where to look. Not sure you have enough time to

lead them exactly where.

Get a sense by reading the standards first and start

from there. Focus on

facts that you can back up or find some suggestions

and gently suggest that

they look there. (for example, you could say that you

know that a treatment

center is required to provide a minimum of _hours of

therapy a week, and in your interactions and reports from the patients, it

seems that the average hours a weeks is 0.2 hours; though they might be

documenting it, perhaps you (JCAHO) could corroborate this somewhat by chatting

with the patients if you are willing to do a more in-depth investigation and

rely upon the word of patients.......)

problem is that the charts and patients that they

usually select to be seen/reviewed are handpicked and probably are either

nonverbal or sing the praises of Read, etc.

Good luck. I trust that you will keep the source of

this suggestion to yourself--thanks.

F. Prior

My Publicly Viewable Calendar: http://calendar./j_prior

T: 773/295-8056 OUT-OF-STATE 800/654-1215 F: 801/848-3451

E: jprior@... W: www.lgln.com

: 22:36-40, Deut 6:5, and Leviticus 19:18

[Guest guest]

Dear Mystery Guest,

Praise the Lord!!! You are such an inspiration. Got to do a lot of fast typing

to get ready for a pre review by a Domminick's employee at 10. Like you she

prefers to remain a mystery.

Can someone commit to doing the actions below and get back to me in 2 hours?

I'm throwing together a rough draft for the 10 AM review.

1) see if you can find the JCAHO definition/criteria

for treatment center

online.

2) find where Read does not meet the criteria or fails

in its basic

requirements

3) of course they try to keep out public comment; if

you can prove that they

are, that's where you can have a " leg to stand on "

4) realize that they're probably dotting their i and

crossing their t's in

every chart and cleaning up every unit for this

accreditation thing. that

doesn't mean that they've provided the services they

are documenting. (and

almost always there are things " made up " )

5) find where JCAHO typically cites mental health

facilities as in (1) and

play to that. are they overcrowded? properly staffed?

providing the services

they are documenting? violating HIPAA? infringing

upon basic human rights?

are there mice in the bedrooms? etc. have they been

abusive (keep in mind you'll need evidence for a charge so serious)?

My guess is that your very best bet is to find what

facilities/hospitals in the Midwest are being cited for and try to lead them

to those citations.

Read the JCAHO requirements/accreditation standards

and find what they're

looking for. Don't focus on the issue of is this a

" treatment center "

versus whatever. They don't give a damn about that.

They do care about the

facility meeting their requirements and standards and

then they'll get a little hissily if they find those violations.

,

this is how they lose

their accreditation. It is considered very bad if they

lose their accreditation, this is a wonderful time to focus on

it. My advice is try to expose where the facility is falling short of the

requirements/standards.

JCAHO will care about that. The facility will be

minding it's ps and qs,

but there's always something to be found. Sometimes,

you have to lead them of where to look. Not sure you have enough time to

lead them exactly where.

Get a sense by reading the standards first and start

from there. Focus on

facts that you can back up or find some suggestions

and gently suggest that

they look there. (for example, you could say that you

know that a treatment

center is required to provide a minimum of _hours of

therapy a week, and in your interactions and reports from the patients, it

seems that the average hours a weeks is 0.2 hours; though they might be

documenting it, perhaps you (JCAHO) could corroborate this somewhat by chatting

with the patients if you are willing to do a more in-depth investigation and

rely upon the word of patients.......)

problem is that the charts and patients that they

usually select to be seen/reviewed are handpicked and probably are either

nonverbal or sing the praises of Read, etc.

Good luck. I trust that you will keep the source of

this suggestion to yourself--thanks.

F. Prior

My Publicly Viewable Calendar: http://calendar./j_prior

T: 773/295-8056 OUT-OF-STATE 800/654-1215 F: 801/848-3451

E: jprior@... W: www.lgln.com

: 22:36-40, Deut 6:5, and Leviticus 19:18