Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

New guidelines released for geriatric perioperative care

January 12, 2016
Patient Safety

In 2013, 44.7 million Americans were over the age of 65 with current trends predicting that number to grow to 98 million by 2060. In response, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) have created a new set of best practices for treating elderly surgery...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

FDA to crack down on medical device safety

January 5, 2016
Patient Safety

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be taking a stronger stance on the reporting possible medical device hazards in 2016.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Fighting drug-resistant disease in 2016

January 5, 2016
Patient Safety

One of healthcare’s biggest concerns has been the misuse of antibiotics and resulting rise in drug-resistant bacteria and infections.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 17, Issue 1

EHR usability weaknesses have clear patient safety implications

January 1, 2016
Patient Safety

Electronic health records may represent the future of medicine, but as of now, the technology is still going through some serious growing pains.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 17, Issue 1

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, January 2016

January 1, 2016
Patient Safety

Electronic health records (EHR) may represent the future of medicine, but as of now, the technology is still going through some serious growing pains.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 1

FDA orders recall of automated endoscope reprocessors

January 1, 2016
Patient Safety

After a year of increased scrutiny over infection control issues related to endoscope reprocessing, many hospitals will encounter another challenge: Thousands of machines used to wash and perform high-level disinfection of endoscopes will be recalled under an FDA order.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 1

Restraints and seclusion: What accreditation professionals need to know

January 1, 2016
Patient Safety

After decades of discussion, the use of restraints and seclusion in healthcare is still a hot topic.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 17, Issue 1

Top five contributing factors that lead to care coordination events

January 1, 2016
Patient Safety

In July, doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) performed the first hand transplant on a child. The 10-hour surgery, performed on an eight-year-old boy who had lost his hands and feet following a serious infection at the age of two, included 40 different surgeons, doctors...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Doctors, patients, and email

December 28, 2015
Patient Safety

How much of an impact does email have on patient health? According to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The American Journal of Managed Care, email plays quite a large role.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Hospital cooperation drops patient harm in half

December 28, 2015
Patient Safety

The Florida Hospital Association (FHA) recently reported on the success of the largest hospital quality improvement project in Florida history.

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