In the pages of BOJ, we often explore the results of Joint Commission surveys, looking at RFIs, identifying specific target standards, and more. But discussion of this information is often tempered by a nervousness that somehow talking over the survey results might be unwelcome either by the...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 6
In a memorandum published to state survey agency directors March 15, CMS resoundingly announced its support of the use of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Common Formats to improve hospital adverse event tracking so that hospitals can better meet the CMS Quality Assessment...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 6
Each fiscal year, CMS releases a financial report, and included in this tome-like document is an interesting bit of information for hospitals that use accrediting organizations (AO)-CMS provides a side-by-side comparison of what each organization does and how they stack up to each other in terms...