Make strategic use of alternate equipment management (AEM) plans to streamline your facility’s workload and eliminate unnecessary testing,...Read More »
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) are being reminded of the importance of having...Read More »
Review security measures designed to stop drug diversion, and educate staff and providers about how to dispose properly of unused controlled...Read More »
As we continue our crawl through The Joint Commission standards changes, let’s drop in on the changes in the Infection Control chapter. Although...Read More »
With the advent of side-by-side validation surveys, healthcare accreditation leaders have quickly realized that they need to be thoroughly...Read More »
A new year often brings a host of new compliance issues along with it. It’s important to address these emerging compliance issues, while also...Read More »
As recently announced, effective July 1, 2024, organizations using The Joint Commission (TJC) for their accreditation are required to adopt a...Read More »
Happy one-year anniversary of The Joint Commission’s move to update its time frame for evaluating licensed practitioners’ ability to provide care...Read More »
Continuous readiness, including a mock survey approach that fully integrates the tracer methodology, is a good way to take a snapshot of the...Read More »
After binging the latest season of The Great British Baking Show, it occurred to me that there are (or can be) various levels of precision that...Read More »
