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Looking for ideas? OIG report outlines hospital strategies on COVID challenges

April 7, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 15
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control

By A.J. Plunkett

If you are still preparing for a major onslaught of suspected COVID-19 patients, review your plans...Read More »

Four ways you haven’t thought about using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic

April 7, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 5
COVID-19, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has finally come of age. Like a lonely teenager who once struggled to make connections with...Read More »

Accrediting organizations suspend most survey activities to focus on COVID-19

April 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, HFAP, Joint Commission, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisionhealth.com)

If you are expecting a...Read More »

Continue to secure supplies as long as national crisis evolves

April 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, PPE

Keeping supplies in-house may continue to be a security problem as long as COVID-19 grips the nation.

Not only are hospitals grappling with...Read More »

Keep track of latest guidance, other information to stay ready

April 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Infection Control

As you’ve already witnessed, information during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic comes rapidly and keeps changing.

As policies get...Read More »

Pandemic dominates preparedness as hospitals ready for surge

April 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control

Many hospitals and other facilities have been dealing with an overflow of patients since March, while other have been preparing for an immediate...Read More »

CMS suspends restrictions on care venues as providers tackle COVID-19 surges

April 7, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 15
COVID-19, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

The sweeping "Hospitals Without Walls" initiative take effect immediately and allows hospitals to bill Medicare for services in unconventional...Read More »

COVID-19: First Responders Must Be Notified of Coronavirus Exposure

April 7, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 15
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control

Healthcare facilities and public health officials now must inform emergency responders when they have been exposed to the novel coronavirus that...Read More »

OIG report: Survival strategies by hospitals in the COVID-19 trenches

April 6, 2020
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control

Appendix A, is reprinted from “Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2020

April 6, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 4
Accreditation, COVID-19, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, PPE

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, April 2020

April 6, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 4
COVID-19, Patient Safety

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletter Read More »

New COVID-related information out on HIPAA, face masks, privileging and more

April 3, 2020
Accreditation, COVID-19, HFAP, Infection Control, Joint Commission

COVID-19 related information continues to be released at a furious rate.

The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued...Read More »

Talking to patients about cannabis

March 31, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 4
Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety

Do providers need to know if their patients use cannabis? Yes.

There are many ramifications of cannabis use on patient care, including...Read More »

Q&A: How data analytics can improve patient care

March 31, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 4
Data Tracking, Patient Safety

One of the biggest healthcare revolutions in the last 10 years has been the advent of analytics. By leveraging large data pools, improving patient...Read More »

Verma raps accrediting organizations’ ‘glaring conflict of interest’

March 31, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 4
Accreditation, CMS, Survey Preparation

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma took a swipe at accrediting organizations, noting that when they accept...Read More »

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