Wonder how your salary holds up to others in your field? Did you get a raise? Did other people get a bonus but not you? How many hats do your colleagues wear?
Take our “2019 Accreditation Professional Salary Survey” and we’ll compile the results for you and your colleagues around the...
With less than seven days to go before the February 19 public comment deadline, so far only The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) are among the hospital accrediting organizations (AO) to formally respond to CMS’ concerns about conflict of interest...
Hospital-acquired conditions dropped 13% from 2014 to 2017; from 99 per 1,000 acute care discharges to 86 per 1,000, according to newly released federal data. That reduction translates into 910,000 fewer HACs, including adverse drug events and healthcare-associated infections, which helped...
Patient Safety Movement (PSM) has made major progress toward its goal of zero preventable deaths worldwide by 2020, even though it likely won’t achieve that goal, PSM founder and CEO Joe Kiani told attendees Friday at the group’s 7th annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit...
A new study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety showcases four ways to improve screening and treatment of patients for depression. Depression is the leading cause of disability and 16.2 million Americans experienced a major depressive episode in 2016.
The Life Safety Code® Field Guide for Healthcare Facilities is the perfect companion to your Life Safety Code (LSC) compliance efforts. This portable, concise resource is a perfect on-site quick reference and will help you understand the requirements for healthcare and ambulatory occupancies,...
Gains from Medicare's most prominent readmissions reduction initiative have been overstated, recent research indicates. The reduction in readmission rates is about half as large as previously reported.
Ever had questions about whether it was good or appropriate to pay your accrediting organization (AO) for consulting services on how to comply with the same standards they set that allows you to stay in business? CMS is interested in that question as well.
