Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the literature concerning the hypothesis that the consolidated standards provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (CMS/JCAHO) on the subject of proper antibiotic selection for sufferers of community-acquired pneumonia are the most optimal standards available.

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"According the website for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the guidelines provided by the program demand a considerable intensification of stringency for the diagnosis of microorganism behaviors in the treatment of CAP patients as well as in the specification of antibiotic identification methods to be used with a central focus. (CMS, 1) This means that participating hospital facilities and medical association must address procedural gaps between guidelines and previous standards in order to adhere to the collective standards now considered relevant. The gaps present at the time of the initiation of these guidelines illustrate the positive transition toward greater specificity and diagnostic effort being impressed upon all facilities and agencies in question. It is clear through comparative examination that the new consolidated CMS/JCAHO guidelines are an appropriate response to the need for more accurate design in the application of favored antibiotic treatment programs. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). (2003). Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project - Historical Data. Health and Human Services. Ret. 10/19/07 <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HospitalQualityInits/downloads/Hospitalcapdetail.pdf>.
• Illinois Hospital Association (IHA). (2005). Comparison of Quality Clinical Performance Measurements. Illinois Hospital Association Today. Ret. 10/19/07 <http://www.ihatoday.org/issues/quality/comparison.pdf>.
• Healthcare Purchasing News (HPN). (2004). CMS, JCAHO publish standard definitions for quality measures. Health Purchasing News. Ret. 10/20/07 < http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BPC/is_11_28/ai_n6367774>.
• Niederman MD, Michael S. (1998). Empirical Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Annals of International Medicine, Vol. 129, No. 6, p. 510.
• Seymann MD, Gregory B. (2006). Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Defining Quality Care. Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 6, p. 344-353.

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