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Improvement Technologies, LLC wants to make your job easier, more productive and more effective. We are your source for high quality, ready-to-use written tools and publications, consulting, workshops and other resources.
About Us
Improvement Technologies, LLC, Tucson, Arizona was established to help you achieve more with less effort, leveraging your time and improving your effectiveness. We support busy healthcare managers with publications, workshops and consulting.
Publications
Improvement Technologies, LLC can contribute to your success with these publications: e-Essentials: EC Knowledge And Assessment, The COP-Compliance.com Manual, Outsourcing or Insourcing: Securing A Successful Clinical Engineering Program, and Clinical Engineering Improvement Tools.
Contact Us
Please let us know who you are and how we can help you.
Workshops & Conferences
Improvement Technologies, LLC is pleased to be able to develop and schedule workshops and conferences at a time and place that is convenient and cost effective. Our staff and expert colleagues will tailor programs to your specific needs.
Consulting
Healthcare organizations operate with as few people as possible. Consultants can be a cost effective strategy to handle peak workload, when additional full time employees are not justified, when a second opinion is desired, or when the range of knowledge and skills required is too broad or diverse to fit the current structure.
Terms & Conditions
We are confident that you will find our publications contribute to your efficiency and productivity and that they are cost effective. We back that confidence with a money back guarantee. We value your Internet privacy. You can find our privacy and other statements here.
COP requirements
Health care organizations must meet these conditions in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. We can help you with publications and other services.
COP compliance
The COP-Compliance.com Manual is a comprehensive guide to the acute care COP's. It was developed for the express purpose of helping organizations prepare for Conditions of Participation compliance surveys.
COP compliance manual
Every chapter includes specific COP requirements, explanation of evidence required to show compliance, strategies to master a compliance survey, tools to gain compliance, and worksheets to documents results.
JCAHO standards
Achieving continuous compliance with JCAHO standards and regulations is a challenge with serious implications. The publication, e-Essentials: EC Knowledge and Assessment, will leverage your time and effectiveness communicating with staff throughout the facility.
JCAHO standards update
Our workshops and publications include JCAHO Standards Update, Patient Safety Performance Measures for the Environment of Care, and Measuring-Monitoring-Managing the EC.
JCAHO surveys
For information on JCAHO surveys; JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals: discussion, requirements, sample approaches; Sentinel events and FMEA, HCFMEA, root cause analysis consider our publications, workshops and consulting services.
JCAHO SOC
It is essential to comply with the current requirements of the JCAHO SOC. Improvement Technologies, LLC offers workshops to assist in understanding and complying with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Statement of Conditions.
Statement of Conditions
With the JCAHO focusing on continuous preparedness and maintaining a current Statement of Conditions, knowledge and understanding of Life Safety compliance is more important than ever.
JCAHO compliance
JCAHO continuous compliance requires that we maintain knowledge and staff motivation. In our publication, e-Essentials: EC Knowledge and Assessment, thirteen high quality knowledge tools help you efficiently, effectively and economically educate your organization. Use it to monitor and assess staff knowledge about their responsibilities for the patient care environment.
JCAHO continuous compliance
Improvement Technologies, LLC can contribute to your success by assisting with JCAHO Continuous Compliance. We can help you meet the challenge of CMS and JCAHO continuous compliance, with the Statement of Conditions, performance improvement, outsourcing / insourcing decisions, clinical engineering and facility management, and a variety of other issues.
JCAHO compliance workshop
Our workshops include JCAHO Standards Update, Patient Safety Performance Measures for the Environment of Care, and Measuring-Monitoring-Managing the Environment of Care.
CMS compliance consulting
For information on CMS Compliance and State Regulations; Regulatory compliance; HIPAA Security; Safe Medical Devices Act; Equipment Operator Knowledge Interview; Equipment Operator Knowledge Self Assessment (2 versions); refer to our Manual.
CMS compliance workshop
A CMS Compliance Workshop is a cost effective way to make your job easier, more productive and more effective. Improvement Technologies, LLC is your source for workshops; high quality, ready-to-use written tools and publications; consulting; and other resources.
HIPAA Security for Medical Equipment
Improvement Technologies, LLC offers a HIPAA Security for Medical Equipment workshop. A compromise in information security for medical equipment can have serious effects on patient care.
HIPAA compliance
HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), with its goal of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system, requires special attention to the potentially life threatening implications for information security of medical equipment.
HIPAA compliance workshop
Improvement Technologies, LLC offers a HIPPA Compliance Workshop. HIPAA compliance for medical equipment requires cooperative efforts by biomedical / clinical engineering and information technology staff due to complexity, variety and quantity of medical devices.
medicare regulations
For workshops and consultation on medicare regulations, contact Improvement Technologies, LLC.
medical equipment accident investigation
For a workshop or consultation on Medical Equipment Accident Investigation, contact Improvement Technologies, LLC. Imp-tech offers consulting expertise regarding issues and subject areas which are of current interest to healthcare managers including medical equipment accident and incident investigation; CE management; CMS conditions of participation (COP).
medical equipment incident investigation
Fortunately, adverse events involving medical equipment are rare. However, prompt, careful, and objective investigation is required to determine the scientific and operational explanations of what happened and fulfill risk management responsibilities.
outsourcing clinical engineering
Improvement Technologies, LLC offers a workshop on Outsourcing Clinical Engineering. Topics include how we develop a win-win solution; making the best choices; and choosing what is best for the organization, for its patients, clinical staff, and clinical engineering staff.
clinical engineering management
A successful clinical engineering management program not only assures clinicians the support they require, it provides professional satisfaction and growth for the clinical engineering staff.
clinical engineering workshop
To schedule a clinical engineering workshop, contact Improvement Technologies, LLC. Emanuel Furst, Ph.D., CCE , President, Improvement Technologies, LLC, has over 20 years experience managing clinical engineering and six years of experience in healthcare consulting.
clinical engineering management workshops
Improvement Technologies, LLC offers a Clinical Engineering Management Workshop on Outsourcing / Insourcing Clinical Engineering, and on Performance Measurement and Performance Improvement. Topics in the first include how we develop a win-win solution; making the best choices; and choosing what is best for the organization, for its patients, clinical staff, and clinical engineering staff. The second addresses a number of issues, including those selected by the participants.
performance measurement in clinical engineering
Improvement Technologies, LLC offers workshops and publications on performance measures and performance improvement in clinical engineering.
performance measurement in facilities engineering
We assist support services and the entire organization with publications, workshops and consulting for: performance improvement; medical equipment acquisition and management; JCAHO and CMS regulatory compliance; and other areas of concern.
performance improvement in clinical engineering
We offer a workshop on performance measures and performance improvement in clinical and / or facilities engineering. Using Clinical Engineering Improvement Tools as a workbook, we select several priority dimensions of performance.
performance improvement in facilities engineering
Our publication, Facilities Engineering Improvement Tools, 1998, by Improvement Technologies' authors, Bruce Hyndman, Emanuel Furst, and W. D. McKinney, is marketed by the American Hospital Association.
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