There are certain requirements and regulatory factors that pose perpetual challenges for hospitals, familiar burdens that elicit nods of understanding and sympathy when organizations discuss the barriers to successfully keeping themselves in compliance. The recently relaxed "30-minute rule" from...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 8
In 1985 I was working in the corporate public relations office for a Fortune 100 company. It was an environment right out of the Dilbert comic strip-except that Dilbert had not been invented yet, so it wasn't all that funny. After a year, a grizzled veteran of several corporate tours pulled me...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 8
Hospitals should be aware of several important changes that were published in the May 16 Federal Register, effective July 16. CMS has made more than two dozen changes to the hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP), for which it will publish interpretive guidelines at a later date.
It can't be emphasized enough that you should consider which issues have the potential for successful clarification as soon as you are aware of the findings. Start your research as soon as you suspect there is an issue. Don't waste valuable time waiting for the final report to be posted to...
The July issue of the AHAP Insider is now posted on the AHAP website and available for download. This quarter’s issue features the 2012 salary survey results benchmarking report, profiles of the 2012 Accreditation Professional of the Year and Best New Accreditation Professional, and photos...
True or False: It is acceptable to use a family member to interpret critical clinical information and information regarding consents if the family member offers to do so.
Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, president and CEO of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH) took a stand against proposed changes which could potentially lead to the termination of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ).
A former medical technician was arrested in connection to an Exeter, NH hepatitis C outbreak.
The tech is accused of infecting at least 30 people while working at the Exeter Hospital cardiac catheterization lab. He is also suspected with stealing the anesthetic Fentanyl.
