Anyone who’s had to upgrade a computer system can tell you it’s never as easy as advertised. While for a personal system this may just lead to some frustration, in a healthcare setting those complications have the potential to be life threatening.
Researchers found that when a child is sent to the hospital, there’s a 6.5% chance they'll be readmitted within 30 days. However, 29.5% of those readmitted were for issues that were potentially preventable; such as patient assessment, hospital-acquired conditions, or postoperative complications...
On July 27, CMS publicly released its hospital star ratings system on its Hospital Compare website despite many appeals, requests, and proposed legislation asking for a delay.
Accreditation and quality professionals are being asked to do more than ever to comply with major changes coming out of CMS and The Joint Commission. Our expert instructors can help you with that.
Throughout the year, HCPro will be hosting a series of two-and-a-half day...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 8
Editor's note: Recently, the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) released lists of its most-cited deficiencies of 2012-2015 for acute care and critical access hospitals. The following is an edited Q&A with Karen Beem, RN, MS, standards...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 8
Several solutions have been proposed to solve the opioid epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new and controversial opioid prescribing guidelines in March, with stricter parameters on when opioids can be given. One advocacy group recommends...
A new proposed requirement released by CMS in June would require all hospitals to implement an antibiotic stewardship program to participate in federal programs such as Medicare.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 8
Currently, 60% of U.S. hospitals don't have an antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) that meets all seven components of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stewardship guidelines. But that is about to change with The Joint Commission announcement that as of...
