For accreditation and quality professionals, the value of healthcare accreditation is apparent. It maintains a standard of patient care, identifies areas of quality improvement, and keeps CMS funding flowing into the facility. However, surveyors don’t want to see just accreditation professionals...
A new benchmarking study by COSECURE Enterprise Risk Solutions reveals how healthcare security departments are evolving—and where critical gaps remain.
Even as healthcare organizations improve their training and technology around drug diversion prevention, a 2025 report reveals that cracks remain—particularly in culture, coordination, and confidence.
In the spring of 2024, CMS’ Quality, Safety and Oversight Group published memo QSO-24-10, Revisions and Clarifications to Hospital Interpretive Guidelines for Informed Consent. The memo highlights the need for informed consent for sensitive examinations on anesthetized patients.
It seems lately that I have spending a fair amount of time on regional jets, which because they tend not have TV screens in the set backs, prompts me to read.
CMS survey data from 2024 paints a clear picture for ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) on what to look out for: Persistent gaps in infection control, sanitation, documentation, and governance continue to trigger citations across the country.
This is Part 2 of our interview with Jason P. Nagy, PhD, MLS(ASCP), QLS, and Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, on onboarding training and lab safety for new hires. Nagy is a laboratory safety support coordinator and Scungio is a laboratory safety officer for the multihospital system...
On April 2, mass layoffs were reported at the National Institute for Health and Safety (NIOSH), with about 850 of its approximately 1,000 employees losing their jobs.
