The Joint Commission has released an official statement reacting to revisions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to its telemedicine credentialing and privileging requirements, set to go into effect July 5, 2011.
The 2011 Salary Survey Report has been uploaded and is available for viewing on the AHAP website. You can find it under the Benchmarking Surveys tab, or just click here.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have released a much-anticipated final rule intended to ease the burden of cumbersome credentialing and privileging requirements for the use of telemedicine providers. This final rule revises the existing Conditions of Participation (CoP)...
The 2011 Salary Survey Report has been uploaded and is available for viewing on the AHAP website. You can find it under the Benchmarking Surveys tab, or just click here.
According to the latest edition of the Archive of Surgery, a basic bedside technique of gently probing a surgical incision to clean the area can result in significantly reduced rates of infection,...
The recording of last week’s working group call on Environment of Care has been uploaded and is available for listening on the AHAP website. You can find it under the Working Group Calls tab, or just click here.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 5
The best of hospital leadership take an active interest and role in safety and quality at their facility, an attitude that can help quality improvement departments, accreditation coordinators, and others who live and breathe process improvement institute the changes they need to...
No one in healthcare ever wants to hear about a serious clinical adverse event occurring, especially in his or her own hospital, but every clinician and caretaker knows that sometimes, despite best efforts, mistakes are made.
