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Accreditation Connection
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Greeley Reflections
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will... -
Joint Commission changes preliminary denial of accreditation rules
The Joint Commission has announced two changes to its Preliminary Denial of Accreditation (PDA...
Accreditation Monthly
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The Joint Commission Back to Closed Record Review?
Have you heard that the Joint Commission survey will again be doing closed record review? For...
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Blanket Warmers, What Is Safe?
When completing readiness assessments, I have noticed much disparity in the temperature of blanket...
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Problem Lists - What is Required?
When on-site assessing ambulatory care for standard compliance, I am often asked about what is...
Infection Control Weekly Monitor
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HHS allocates $9 million for ASC surveys
Last week Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that... -
Wall Street Journal looks at 10 steps to preventing infections
Part of a Wall Street Journal Health Care report released late last month includes a breakdown of...
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
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Editor’s Pick of the Week: National Patient Safety Goals Calculator, 2010
Don't stress about your hospital's success on survey day—HCPro’s updated automated data... -
Introducing Patient Safety Monitor!
HCPro is proud to announce its latest patient safety product: Patient Safety Monitor.
Patient Safety Monitor: Global Edition
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Ask the expert: How can we reduce the number of medical staff committees?
Medical staffs can reduce the number and size of committees by combining them and their functions...
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Ottawa Hospital continues improvement of patient safety
On April 30, as part of a May 2008 initiative by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to... -
England: Despite high number of mistakes, patients told not to worry
Burton's Queen's Hospital has suffered 26 serious untoward incidents (SUIs) in the past year, which...
Patient Safety Quality Monthly
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Zero-Tolerance Rules: Can they work?
This month there was an interesting article in The New York Times about a 6-year-old boy who was...
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Leadership Sentinel Event Advisory
Last month, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert titled “Leadership Commitment...
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Policies, Procedures & Competencies - Oh My!
“In our organization, we use policies and procedures as interchangeable words; they are just...