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Understanding the new Joint Commission requirements for maternal patient safety

July 29, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 32
Joint Commission, Maternity care

By Alana McGolrick, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM

The steadily climbing maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has (appropriately)...Read More »

Public Health Emergency is Extended: Blanket Waivers Continue for Now

July 29, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 32
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Telehealth

Now that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has again renewed the official declaration of a public health emergency (PHE) related...Read More »

Coronavirus fears drive medication adherence ups and downs

July 28, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
COVID-19, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety

The cost of poor medication adherence is tremendous—nearly $177 billion each year in direct and indirect healthcare costs—but the cost of...Read More »

How to update your restraint and seclusion policy

July 28, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Accreditation, Emergency Management, Healthcare Violence, Leadership, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, CADC, ICRC, a national behavioral health consultant with years of experience in hospital...Read More »

Stroke survival rates drop precipitously in remote areas

July 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

Compared with patients hospitalized in urban areas, however, the study found that the risk of death was about 5% higher for patients hospitalized...Read More »

Physician shortage projected to worsen through 2033

July 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Leadership, Staff safety

The projected shortage of physicians is worsening. Last year, the AAMC projected the shortfall of physicians at as many as 122,000 by 2032. The...Read More »

Q&A: Many hospitals still don’t have drug diversion programs

July 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
Leadership, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety

The following Q&A resulted from a conversation PSQH had with Tom Knight, CEO of Georgia-based Invistics, a provider of...Read More »

TJC spilling too many beans? CMS thinks so

July 27, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 31
Accreditation, CMS, Joint Commission

Think the results of your last Joint Commission survey were hard to understand? If CMS has their way, it may get murkier.Read More »

Blood Test Claims to Find Cancer 4 Years Earlier than Current Methods

July 24, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 31
Patient Safety

The blood test, Called PanSeer, detected cancer in 91% of people who had been asymptomatic when the samples were collected and were diagnosed with...Read More »

Coronavirus Antibodies Drop Precipitously 3 Months After Mild Cases

July 24, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 31
COVID-19, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Staff safety

The prevalence of antibodies for people recovering from a mild cases of COVID-19 dropped precipitously after less than three months, according to...Read More »

Researchers Examine Death Risks for Coronavirus Patients in ICUs

July 24, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 31
COVID-19, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

New research has linked several factors with risk of death in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Read More »

HHS Presses Hospitals to Use New COVID-19 Data Reporting Modules

July 21, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 30
CMS, COVID-19, Data Tracking

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network COVID-19 module will no longer be an option for daily reporting...Read More »

A prescription for social determinants of health

July 21, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 8
Behavioral health, Leadership, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

New programs support physicians in addressing these key drivers of health outcomes

It’s become more widely accepted that social...Read More »

Reopening your hospital: Flush water pipes, double-check maintenance

July 21, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 8
CMS, COVID-19, Environment and Facilities

As you reopen patient care areas for non-emergent care, be sure to flush water lines, check expiration dates on drugs and supplies, and ensure all...Read More »

TJC approved as hospital AO for only two years this time

July 21, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 30
CMS, Joint Commission

The Joint Commission again has earned CMS approval as a national accrediting organization for hospitals, but only for two years. Expect more...Read More »

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