Inside Accreditation and Quality, May 2020

May 4, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, PPE, Survey Preparation

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Hospital had several chances to avoid deficiencies

April 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

Leadership attention, policy revisions keys to recoveryRead More »

TJC updates 10 chapters related to burden reduction, discharge planning

April 21, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, Policies and Procedures, Survey Preparation

Remember before the novel coronavirus for 2019? The one that causes COVID-19?

In the middle of the deluge of pandemic news, you may have...Read More »

CMS: Some Medicare quality data reporting extended

April 21, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Data Tracking

In response to the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...Read More »

FDA says 4 million N95 masks could be reused thanks to emergency order

April 15, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 17
Accreditation, COVID-19, Infection Control, PPE, Staff safety

The FDA has issued two emergency use authorization (EUA) for sterilizing and reprocessing N95 masks, once in...Read More »

Hospitals should consider CoP carefully before deciding on DNR policy

April 14, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Hospitals considering a universal policy of not resuscitating COVID-19 patients with heart or breathing failures should take steps to avoid...Read More »

Use online resources to help you sort out COVID your protocols and policies

April 13, 2020
Accreditation, COVID-19, Infection Control

Feeling like you can’t find the latest, updated government guidance on infection control, hospital and provider waivers or much of anything else...Read More »

Warning: Despite Blanket Waivers, CoP, EMTALA Regulations Are Still in Effect

April 8, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 16
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Emergency Management

Beware the myths and misperceptions going around about the...Read More »

Accrediting organizations suspend most survey activities to focus on COVID-19

April 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, HFAP, Joint Commission, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

If you are expecting a survey from your accreditation organization (AO) in the upcoming weeks and months, check in with your liaison. All four...Read More »

Keep track of latest guidance, other information to stay ready

April 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Infection Control

As you’ve already witnessed, information during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic comes rapidly and keeps changing.

As policies get...Read More »

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