Surgeries that do not involve the insertion of an implantable device should be monitored for surgical site infection for the first ____________ following the procedure. Surgeries that involve an implantable device should be monitored for site infection for _____________.
The Joint Commission now requires organizations to collect data for six mandatory inpatient measures to meeting performance measure requirements for its disease-specific care advanced certification in heart failure.
This year has been full of interesting healthcare topics worthy of a year-end wrap-up. We start our journey with the idea of emergency medical services (EMS) helping with readmissions and end with one of the world's scariest viruses to date.
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Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 1
In a memo dated October 31, 2014, the CMS Center for Clinical Standard and Quality/Survey and Certification Group targeted patient safety in a number of announcements.
Specifically, the memo addresses the 2015 Hospital Patient Safety Initiative (PSI). First, the...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 1
As a new year dawns, accreditation professionals look ahead at where the problematic and challenging areas will be for the coming 12 months. A good starting point for many is the annual list of most-cited standards from The Joint Commission. This year, as in years past, the top 10...
