Use evidence-based reasoning to get more people, including clinicians, involved in environmental sustainability efforts in your healthcare system...Read More »
Critical access hospitals (CAH) that are accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) will now have the option to create a single, unified medical...Read More »
For hospitals with cardiac programs that include performing ventricular assist device (VAD) implants, The Joint Commission (TJC) offers the...Read More »
President Biden signed legislation ending the COVID-19 national emergency, and HHS is ending the public health emergency (PHE) declaration on ...Read More »
We can finally close the book, so to speak, on survey year 2022 and, in so doing, ponder the forces that come into play to increase the degree(s)...Read More »
Roundup: CDC issues measles alert, The Joint Commission reapproved to accredit psychiatric hospitals and suicide remains a leading cause of death...Read More »
“Even momentary proximity between an illuminated laparoscopic or arthroscopic light lead and a surgical drape can cause a full-thickness burn to...Read More »
Hospitals may soon have to measure energy use, fleet vehicle gas consumption, solid waste disposal, and other measures under proposed climate...Read More »
After providing additional training to its surveyors to increase oversight of a hospital’s plan of correction, The Joint Commission (TJC) has been...Read More »