Recent carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) outbreaks at two Los Angeles hospitals have raised serious questions regarding reprocessing procedures tied to duodenoscopes and the risks patients face during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures.
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.
The Joint Commission’s latest roundup of sentinel event statistics found that unintended retention of foreign objects, patient falls, and suicide topped the list of most-reported events in 2014.