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Accreditation Insider

• CMS Delays Hospital Star Ratings Update, Again

   Citing “stakeholder concerns,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

• AHRQ Data Shows Drop in Hospital-Acquired Conditions

   A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that...

• Occurrence Reporting: How to Report, Identify, and Resolve Problems

  In this webinar, performance improvement expert Kenneth R. Rohde provides practical techniques and...

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Patient Safety Monitor Insider

• Bribery on Two Continents: Olympus Corp., to Pay $646 Million Settlement

  On March 1, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Olympus Corp. with paying millions of dollars...

• Editor’s Notebook: The Measurement Challenge

  Measurement is central to current discussions about the state of patient safety, as well as federal...

• AHRQ Releases New Tool to Reduce CAUTI

  Building on its Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), the U.S. Department of Health and...