The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have released a set of ten Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the topic of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation.
AHAP is currently looking for topic suggestions for its upcoming benchmarking survey. If there are any particular topics you’d like us to report on, please contact Matt Phillion directly at mphillion@hcpro.com.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 6
In November 2010, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert requiring all hospitals to screen patients who do not come in with a primary mental health diagnosis and are treated in general hospitals in medical-surgical units and the emergency department (ED), in...
In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee released a new set of guidelines to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). The guidelines, titled Guidelines for the Prevention of...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new patient safety initiative, Partnership for Patients, in April.
Editor's note: The following column is written by Columnist Catherine Hinz, MHA, who currently works at PatientSafe Solutions, Inc. Previously, she served as the patient lead at HealthEast Care System in St. Paul, MN, worked for seven years as an ED health unit coordinator, and...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 6
Editor's note: This feature examines Joint Commission standards in greater detail with expert advice from BOJ advisors. This month, Elizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CSHA, a healthcare consultant in Trabuco Canyon, CA, and former Joint Commission surveyor, discusses healthcare and the...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new patient safety initiative, Partnership for Patients, in April.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 6
