Last week was National Fire Prevention Week, but that doesn’t mean the time to focus on fire safety is over. According to The Joint Commission, surgical fires happen just as often as wrong site surgeries and often have fatal consequences.
Review how clinicians and other staff interact with patients who have communication issues, such as deafness or limited English proficiency (LEP). Not only are communication issues receiving increased scrutiny from patients and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), but your hospital could lose...
Presented on: 1:00-2:30 p.m. Eastern, Monday, October 30, 2017 Presented by:Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHP Level of Program:Intermediate Who should listen:Accreditation...
CMS will delay an update to its controversial hospital star rating system for the second time in four months. The update was expected to launch this month and the new setback means the tool might not be available to the public until 2018.
Want to save your bosses some money and improve patient safety? Improve your blood transfusion practices. A study published in the August 2017 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety found that by eliminating unnecessary red blood cell (RBC) transfusions,...
While the deadline to meet CMS's new emergency preparedness Conditions of Participation (CoP) is November 15, hurricanes this August and September have shown why these rules are needed in the first place.
In a mere six days, Hurricane Harvey dropped 27 trillion gallons...
In the October edition of Perspectives, The Joint Commission reiterated the need to screen patients for potential risks to themselves or others. This is part of a long-standing and ongoing effort to change the sky-high rates of workplace violence in healthcare.
