The Joint Commission has altered the term “disruptive behavior” in the accreditor’s standards in response to feedback from the healthcare field indicating that the term is both ambiguous and in many ways inaccurate for the purposes of its use in the standards.
The Joint Commission announced this week that it will work with SGS, a leading verification, inspection, certification, and testing company, to offer a coordinated accreditation and ISO certification package.
Joseph L. Cappiello has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) of the Chicago-based Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). HFAP, the nation's oldest hospital accreditation organization, has been authorized by CMS to accredit healthcare facilities for...
In healthcare facilities across the United States, x-rays and CT scans are used widely and often. Because of them, patients rarely undergo risky exploratory surgery, and countless lives are undoubtedly saved because the correct diagnosis was made with the help of the picture...
