Your facility will need diagrams or schematics of its water system and a way to address stagnant water under the new requirements set out by a new...Read More »
As promised, surveys are resuming across the country. And as promised, one of the main items of discussion is how well organizations have...Read More »
Expect The Joint Commission (TJC) to get tougher on water management and infection control, preconstruction risk assessments, workplace violence...Read More »
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), the oldest CMS-approved hospital accreditation program in the nation, has merged with the...Read More »
The steadily climbing maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has (appropriately) attracted a great deal of media attention over the last few years....Read More »
Assess your environmental cleaning protocols, ensure staff are trained properly, and verify the effectiveness of both as CMS increases scrutiny of...Read More »
Surveys are resuming in areas deemed safe for on-site visits even as the coronavirus pandemic continues its waves of surge and decline. With COVID...Read More »
Be prepared to explain to surveyors how you will catch up with any inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) of non-critical systems that had...Read More »
It’s not easy being an accrediting organization (AO) these days. DNV GL Healthcare has been in the business of deeming U.S. acute care and...Read More »
