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Issue 19, May 7, 2019

• Accreditation Insider now on Accreditation and Quality Compliance website

  We've moved the Accreditation Insider to our new website,  Accreditation and Quality...

Issue 18, April 30, 2019

• Prioritize Sepsis Assessments in Your Overcrowded Emergency Department

  Emergency department crowding leads to a significant increase in door-to-antibiotic time for septic...

Issue 17, April 23, 2019

• In-Hospital Delirium Predictive of Readmission, Discharge to Postacute Facilities, ER Visits

  The development of delirium in the hospital setting impacts about 12.5% of general medical...

Issue 16, April 16, 2019

• CDC clarifies opioid prescribing guidelines

  In a letter released April 10, the CDC clarified its federal opioid prescribing guidelines were not...

• Patient Handoffs: Stop Errors and Improve Compliance

  Presented on: Thursday, June 27, 2019 | 1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern Register at...

Issue 15, April 9, 2019

• Multidrug-resistant infections can cost $4,600 per hospital stay

  Infections linked to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) cause a significant cost burden for U.S...

• Are You Ready? Targeting Hot Spots in Hospital Compliance

  Webinar Rebroadcast Presented on: Thursday, May 23, 2019, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Summary: In...

Issue 14, April 2, 2019

• CMS Warns Detroit Hospital to Improve IC Issues or Lose Funding

  The hospital was notified in January of the deadline to pass an inspection. Failure to do so could...

Issue 13, March 26, 2019

• Joint Commission to publicly report C-sections

  Starting July 2020, The Joint Commission (TJC) will publicly report hospitals that have...

Issue 12, March 19, 2019

• Cost of sepsis readmissions exceeds $16,000 per patient

  The annual estimated cost of sepsis readmissions is about half the annual cost of all four of the...

Issue 11, March 12, 2019

• SHEA Urges Increased Focus on Preventing Superbugs

  Progress against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has slowed in...

• The CMS Conditions of Participation and Interpretive Guideline, 2019

  Compliance with the Conditions of Participation (CoP) is required to meet Medicare and Medicaid...

Issue 10, March 5, 2019

• Learning from a ransomware attack on your hospital

  It’s breach season. That’s what Ron Pelletier, founding partner of Pondurance, a...

Issue 9, February 26, 2019

• ER Doc: Protect Your Staff From Workplace Violence

  Amy Costigan, MD, wants to be able to practice emergency medicine without being punched in the face.

Issue 8, February 19, 2019

• Challenges of antibiotic stewardship in the ICU

  Antibiotic stewardship in the intensive care unit setting poses unique challenges to intensivists...

• Workplace Violence Prevention Symposium 2019

  The nation’s leading workplace violence prevention event is back for 2019! Workplace...

Issue 7, February 12, 2019

• TJC, Others Respond to CMS Concerns About AO Consulting, Conflicts of Interest

  With less than seven days to go before the February 19 public comment deadline, so far only The...

• 2019 Accreditation Salary Survey

  Wonder how your salary holds up to others in your field? Did you get a raise? Did other people get...

Issue 6, February 5, 2019

• Hospital-Acquired Conditions drop 13%

  Hospital-acquired conditions dropped 13% from 2014 to 2017; from 99 per 1,000 acute care discharges...

Issue 5, January 29, 2019

• Why Auditing Catheter Dislodgement is a Patient Safety Must

  Dislodgement of venous access devices such as catheters is widespread and underreported, a survey...

Issue 4, January 22, 2019

• Patient Safety Movement announces progress towards Zero Harm goal

  Patient Safety Movement (PSM) has made major progress toward its goal of zero preventable deaths...

Issue 3, January 15, 2019

• Joint Commission: how to improve patient depression screening and treatment

  A new study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety showcases four...

• Accreditation 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Hospital Surveys

  Presented on: Tuesday,February 19 2019 |1:00-2:30 p.m. EST Presented by: Heather Forbes, BSN, RN...

Issue 2, January 8, 2019

• CMS' hospital readmission reductions program’s impact downgraded

  Gains from Medicare's most prominent readmissions reduction initiative have been overstated, recent...

• The Life Safety Code® Field Guide for Healthcare Facilities

  The Life Safety Code® Field Guide for Healthcare Facilities is the perfect companion to your...

Issue 1, January 2, 2019

• CMS Looks Into Whether AOs Have Conflicts of Interest

  Ever had questions about whether it was good or appropriate to pay your accrediting organization...