Some hospital employees are challenging facility mandated flu vaccinations, highlighted by a lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts Nurses Association against Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Hospitals are feeling the heat to reduce readmissions, with 2,610 receiving fines from Medicare for having too many patients return within 30 days for more treatment.
Experts outline changes to tracking and prevention of ventilator-associated events, along with hand hygiene best practices and commentary from The Joint Commission.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 10
In this era of mergers, acquisitions, and the building of replacement hospital facilities, many survey coordinators are faced with maintaining an overall inventory of licenses, accreditations, and certifications. This list is not only a regulatory requirement but is an important element of...
In 2004, at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) conference in Boston, Joseph B. Cofer, MD, FACS, professor of surgery and the surgery residency program director at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, saw Darrell "Skip" Campbell, Jr., MD, chief medical...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 10
In what could be called one of the better Sentinel Event Alerts (SEA) released in recent years, The Joint Commission has taken aim at tubing misconnections in its August 20 release of "Managing risk during transition to new ISO tubing connector standards."
Experts outline changes to tracking and prevention of ventilator-associated events, along with hand hygiene best practices and commentary from The Joint Commission