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Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 1

Northwestern targets irregular airways to improve patient safety

January 1, 2012
Patient Safety

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Discuss how new technology creates new challenges for staff
  • Identify methods for obtaining buy-in from staff for ­updated processes
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 1

CMS roundup: Late 2011 notifications and changes to impact 2012

January 1, 2012
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Identify areas of infection control targeted recently by CMS
  • Describe how these changes impact emergency departments
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 12

CMS releases proposed rule to 'cut red tape'

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Describe the goals of the proposed changes to the CMS Conditions of Participation
  • Identify key problem areas that will be pared
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 12

Joint Commission makes life safety a priority

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Discuss Life Safety's place in the top-cited standards in 2010 and the first half of 2011
  • Describe standards and elements of performance
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 12

A view from the top

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Editor's note: Joseph L. Cappiello was recently named chief operating officer for the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). BOJ had a chance to sit down and chat with Cappiello about HFAP and discuss what he sees as the state of hospital accreditation in the near...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 12

Final rule pushes for equal hospital visitation and ­representation rights

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

On April 15, 2010, President Obama issued a moving presidential memorandum on hospital visitation and patient representation that began:

 

There are few moments in our lives that call for greater compassion and companionship than when a loved one is admitted to the...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 11

Joint Commission reviews latest changes, looks to future

November 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Discuss health reform's role in hospital accreditation in 2012
  • Identify key issues with second-generation tracers
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 11

Executive Briefings roundup: This year's most challenging standards

November 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Describe the most problematic EPs among the Record of Care standards in the past year
  • Identify top risks hospitals face in the area of
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 11

A closer look at The Joint Commission's prepublication telemedicine requirements

November 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Shortly after CMS finalized a new rule on telemedicine credentialing, allowing hospitals to rely on credentials verification information from the distant site providing the telemedicine services instead of having to go through the weariness of verifying the laundry list of...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 11

CMS telemedicine law and Interpretive Guidelines

November 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Identify standards and EPs related to telemedicine standards

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