Policies and Procedures

Restraint Documentation Audit

June 23, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

This document survey as an audit tool to demonstrate compliance with restraint/seclusion requirements with both CMS and AOs.

Documentation: Getting the details right

June 23, 2019

ACC 101 Hot Topics

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

If it’s not documented, it’s not done. This article is on the importance of documentation in passing a survey.

Restraint and Seclusion Guide

June 23, 2019

ACC 101 Hot Topics

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Use this 13-step list to evaluate your current restraint/seculsion policies.

Every hour matters; delaying sepsis antibiotics in ER increases odds of mortality

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

June 10, 2019

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

New research finds that every hour of delay in administering antibiotics to sepsis patients in emergency rooms increases odds of 1-year mortality...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, June 2019

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

June 3, 2019

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Download this month's full PSMJ...Read More »

Sexual assault victim sues the hospital that treated her

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

May 20, 2019

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

The Missouri plaintiff claims that an x-ray technician at ...Read More »

Q&A: Legal marijuana use in hospitals

Inside Accreditation & Quality

May 14, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

This Q&A is meant to clear up some of the broader questions around medical cannabis in healthcare—for patients as well as healthcare employees...Read More »