Fill in the blank: Hospitals are expected to provide information to patients in a format that the patient can understand and comprehend. This information should be appropriate to _____________, _____________, and _____________.
The Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality has announced that it is the latest organization to receive deemed status for acute care hospitals from CMS. This allows CIHQ’s hospital accreditation program to deem hospitals to be in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation. Click the...
The results of our latest benchmarking survey, the annual Accreditation Professional Salary survey, have been posted to the AHAP site. Click the link above to get the results.
Last week US News and World Report released its annual list of top hospitals. The New York Times takes a look at what this annual ranking means for patients and what is says about American healthcare. Click the link above to read the full article.
While we are on the subject of the CMS, you may be interested to know that an update of the State Operations Manual (which is basically the foundation resource for the conduction of CMS surveys) was unveiled on June 7. Click the link above to read more.
The Joint Commission recently approved several revisions to ambulatory care standards, effective January 1, 2014, to ensure that these accreditation requirements remain relevant. Click the link above to read more about the revisions.
The Joint Commission approved new National Patient Safety Goal NPSG.06.01.01 on clinical alarm safety for hospitals and critical access hospitals in June of 2013. Click the link above to read more about the new goal and its elements of performance.
