This year’s list of top patient safety concerns proves that health systems continue to battle health IT implementation issues, while also struggling with patient safety stalwarts like disinfection, medication errors, and even patient identification.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 7
The Joint Commission's post-survey process just became a bit easier for visual learners. In May, The Joint Commission unveiled its new hospital scoring methodology called the Survey Analysis for Evaluating Risk (SAFER) matrix. The matrix is a 3 x 3 grid with the X-axis ranking the likelihood...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 7
Editor's note: The following is an edited excerpt from a CMS webcast explaining how it developed "five-star" hospital ratings for Hospital Compare (www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare) as well as upcoming changes to...
In a highly anticipated move expected to significantly affect the regulatory rules that hospitals and other healthcare facilities are held to, CMS has officially adopted the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code® (LSC).
The Joint Commission has announced it will delay the repeal of the texting ban until it can create additional guidance on appropriate texting policies.
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) released a much anticipated update to its "Statements on Principles" addressing both concurrent and overlapping surgeries.
In the wake of a CMS ruling that will make antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP) mandatory, The Joint Commission recently announced that it will roll out a similar standard.
