The Joint Commission (TJC) will no longer use the term “licensed independent practitioner” in its hospital and critical access hospital standards...Read More »
Careful with those holiday decorations. They can bring joy, but too much joy can also bring a citation from CMS, accrediting organizations or the...Read More »
CMS wants hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers, “especially those delivering care in congregate care settings,” to protect...Read More »
In the last few months, surveyors have been repeatedly tagging the failure to properly clean glucometers, and the use of common household items as...Read More »
When standards have been realigned in the past, certain “requirements” were dropped off, but some of those things never really went away, mostly...Read More »
Medical staffs have various documents that address how they self-govern themselves. All medical staffs are required to have medical staff bylaws....Read More »
