A new study found that almost half of U.S. hospitals are failing to take the required steps to prevent C. diff infections, which kill nearly 30,000 people annually.
OSHA’s new workplace violence guidelines for healthcare call for increased facility security measures and recommend that facilities develop workplace violence prevention programs.
The CMS says more than 400,000 providers accepted pay cuts instead of participate in the federal physician-quality reporting system and electronic prescribing incentive programs.
The Joint Commission clarified that accredited organizations providing diagnostic imaging services have until July 1, 2016 to comply with the accreditor’s requirement for an annual performance evaluation of imaging equipment.
