If you are expecting a survey from your accreditation organization (AO) in the upcoming weeks and months, check in with your liaison. Some AOs are...Read More »
CMS approved The Joint Commission’s (TJC) hospital accreditation program for just another three years. If not for the pandemic, that time span...Read More »
CMS has updated survey guidance on minimum health and safety standards for long-term care (LTC) facilities, including expectations for infection...Read More »
As previously reported, The Joint Commission unveiled new and revised workplace violence (WPV) prevention requirements effective January 1, 2022....Read More »
One of the common themes that’s emerged from our transition into what is presumably going to be a post-COVID world (somehow I still think that we...Read More »
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 7 issued an update to the COVID-19 emergency declaration blanket waivers for...Read More »
Even if your facility does not regularly handle labor and delivery, be sure to include the emergency department (ED) in planning and education to...Read More »
Various accreditors require you to measure the competency of an advanced practice practitioner (APP), such as a nurse practitioner or physician...Read More »
The Joint Commission unveiled new and revised workplace violence prevention requirements effective January 1, 2022. Specifically, it issued three...Read More »