Two-thirds of all hospital beds are already occupied

March 24, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 13
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

New report shows some states and counties lag far behind in the availability of hospital beds.Read More »

Coronavirus: 6 Measures to Sustain the Healthcare Workforce

March 24, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 13
COVID-19, Infection Control, Leadership, Policies and Procedures

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads in the United...Read More »

COVID-19: Non-profit group partners with biotech consortium to crowd-source PPE solutions

March 23, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 13
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control, PPE

Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit that works to strengthen public-and private-sector healthcare supply...Read More »

COVID-19: OSHA relaxes respirator fit-testing enforcement under certain circumstances

March 17, 2020
Accreditation, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control, Staff safety

In further recognition of the short supply of protective N95 respirators for healthcare workers treating suspected or confirmed patients with...Read More »

See when states will face hospital bed capacity shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak

March 17, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 12
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

The earliest ICU bed shortages are likely to emerge at the end of March, according to a new analysis.Read More »

Breaking news: CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients

March 17, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 12
CMS, COVID-19, Infection Control

CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients, update nursing home and hospice infection control guidanceRead More »

Emerging diseases: Check online resources regularly to stay prepared

March 16, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 4
CMS, COVID-19, Infection Control

Check CMS and CDC online information regularly to keep on top of updated guidance when emerging diseases such as the 2019 novel coronavirus become...Read More »

National emergency declared over COVID-19 coronavirus; 1135 waivers now in play

March 13, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 12
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control, Leadership, Patient Safety, Survey Preparation

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Use these checklists to stay ahead of promised COVID-19 focus during surveys

March 10, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 11
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, HFAP, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Survey Preparation

Download checklists provided by CMS and the CDC to review your infectious disease preparedness plans as CMS signals again that it expects...Read More »

BREAKING: (COVID-19) CMS says primary survey focus will be on infection control preparedness

March 10, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 11
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Survey Preparation

CMS ordered its state and regional surveyors to suspend “non-emergency inspections across the country” to allow “inspectors to turn their focus on...Read More »

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