Accreditation Articles by Topic: Survey Preparation
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 35, September 6, 2017
Two weeks after The Joint Commission confirmed that its engineering department director would be...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 45, November 10, 2015
What are your biggest job challenges and priorities? Give us your feedback as we prepare...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 45, November 10, 2015
Here we will focus specifically on tracer training and implementation: the "who,"...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 44, November 3, 2015
What are the CMS and Joint Commission hot spots for 2016? Join Bud Pate, REHS, and Lisa Eddy, RN...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 44, November 3, 2015
In this guest column, Heather Forbes, clinical education program coordinator for Maine Medical...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 42, October 20, 2015
With an increasing number of regulations, National Patient Safety Goals, Sentinel Event Alerts, and...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 40, October 6, 2015
The Joint Commission recently approved the 2016 accreditation and certification decision rules for...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 38, September 22, 2015
When The Joint Commission released its list of the five most-cited standards for the first half of...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 35, September 1, 2015
Safety, infection control, and medical records top The Joint Commission’s list of most-cited...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 35, September 1, 2015
This month, we are focusing on Paula Brinn, BSN, MBA, CCRN-K, regulatory compliance manager at...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 33, August 18, 2015
As The Joint Commission shifted to a more integrated survey, many hospitals moved away from the...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 30, July 28, 2015
As The Joint Commission shifted to a more integrated survey, many hospitals moved away from the...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 22, June 2, 2015
The Joint Commission has revised its accreditation decision process for hospitals undergoing...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 42, October 21, 2014
The Joint Commission is allowing the public to download its new Patient Safety Systems chapter...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 35, September 2, 2014
The e-SOC is comprised of two basic sections. Name them.
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 28, July 15, 2014
An HCPro webcast on August 20 will walk attendees through the mock survey process to help improve...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 37, September 11, 2012
Q: How do I stay compliant while using flash sterilization in my facility?
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 27, July 3, 2012
We just wanted to let you know about an upcoming webcast that accreditation professionals might be...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 16, April 17, 2012
Q: I was just promoted to manager of accreditation at my facility. What are some things I should...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 10, March 6, 2012
In connection to Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 4-10), The Joint Commission has launched a...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 9, February 28, 2012
Q: We are expecting a survey any day now and I’m worried that some of my staff may not know...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 8, February 21, 2012
I just wanted to let you know that the organization has launched its first benchmarking survey of...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 8, February 21, 2012
Q: At my facility, we don’t have someone working the front desk until 11am. Could this affect...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 7, February 14, 2012
AHAP has launched its first benchmarking survey of 2012, “Recent Survey Observations.”
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 6, February 10, 2012
The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) has launched its first...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 3, January 20, 2012
The Joint Commission has released revisions to the elements of performance (EP) of application for...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 3, January 20, 2012
The Joint Commission has unveiled prepublication standards, effective July 1, 2012, to Leadership...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 2, January 13, 2012
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has released six reports on data from California...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 2, January 13, 2012
According to a report released by the Illinois Hospital Association, Illinois hospitals contributed...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 1, January 6, 2012
Effective January 1, 2012, two new accreditation decision rules have been approved by The Joint...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 18, 2011
The Joint Commission has announced that it will launch its newly enhanced electronic application...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 18, 2011
The Joint Commission has published an FAQ addresssing texting orders on its Frequently Asked...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 44, October 28, 2011
The Joint Commission is looking to the field for feedback on proposed revisions to its home care...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 43, October 21, 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have granted deeming authority to The Joint...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 43, October 21, 2011
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) announced it has named a new director of...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 41, October 7, 2011
In order to help organizations provide even better care through Certified Primary Stroke Centers...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 40, October 3, 2011
The Joint Commission has just released a new R3 report examining the 2012 National Patient Safety...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 39, September 23, 2011
The Joint Commission has announced it is seeking organizations to act as pilot testers for draft...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 38, September 15, 2011
The Joint Commission has released its Annual Report on Quality and Safety, and for the first time...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 36, September 2, 2011
The Joint Commission has announced it will implement new enhancements to its electronic application...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 34, August 23, 2011
Your colleagues love to hear from you!
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 34, August 19, 2011
The Joint Commission unveiled this week a free PDF publication entitled “Sudden Cardiac...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 34, August 19, 2011
The Joint Commission has awarded the first Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH) award to AltaMed Health...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 33, August 12, 2011
The Joint Commission stated this week that is has submitted proposed changes to its standards...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 30, August 2, 2011
The latest AHAP working group call on tracers was a great success! Thank you to all who joined in...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 30, July 26, 2011
The latest benchmarking report—with complete results and an executive summary— has...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 30, July 22, 2011
The Joint Commission is seeking panel members for its new project to assess and implement...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 29, July 15, 2011
The Joint Commission on Friday opened up a field review of proposed revised and new Elements of...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 29, July 15, 2011
The Joint Commission has updated two Elements of Performance (EP) under its Patient Rights (RI...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 28, July 8, 2011
The Joint Commission announced recently that its electronic application for accreditation (E-App...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 26, June 24, 2011
The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) has launched its latest...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 22, May 24, 2011
The Joint Commission has issued a new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for its Human...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 22, May 24, 2011
The Joint Commission has announced that it is seeking comment on the proposed specifications for...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 22, May 24, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 21, May 20, 2011
The Joint Commission has announced that its latest Disease-Specific Care (DSC) certification...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 21, May 20, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 20, May 13, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 20, May 13, 2011
The Joint Commission is in the process of developing Sudden Cardiac Arrest performance measures...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 17, April 22, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 16, April 15, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 15, April 8, 2011
The Joint Commission has announced that several additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) have...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 15, April 8, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 14, April 5, 2011
The Joint Commission announced this week that its annual “Update 1″ to its...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 14, April 5, 2011
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to network with other accreditation professionals from...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 14, April 1, 2011
The Joint Commission announced this week that its annual "Update 1" to its accreditation...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 14, April 1, 2011
The Joint Commission has posted a significant number of new FAQs on the following topics...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 25, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 8, February 17, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 7, February 15, 2011
We are once again gearing up for our annual AHAP Conference, which will take place May 12-13 at...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 11, 2011
The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) announced this week that they...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 11, 2011
The Joint Commission has updated its sentinel event statistics webpage with the latest statistics...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 11, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 6, February 8, 2011
We are once again gearing up for our annual AHAP Conference, which will take place May 12-13 at...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 6, February 4, 2011
The Joint Commission has published a new Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) clarifying a common point...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 5, January 28, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 3, January 14, 2011
CMS has recently updated its requirements under the Conditions of Participation (CoP) for patient...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 3, January 14, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 2, January 7, 2011
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 1, January 4, 2011
Keep an eye out for the downloadable version of the Survey Coordinator’s Handbook, 12th...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 1, December 29, 2010
The Joint Commission has announced Ana Pujols-McKee, MD, will take on the role of the accrediting...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 1, December 29, 2010
The Joint Commission’s Center for Transforming Healthcare has published a new online video...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 1, December 29, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 52, December 22, 2010
Updated and revised laboratory standards have been announced by the Joint Commission. These changes...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 52, December 22, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 50, December 21, 2010
We’ve launched our latest benchmarking survey, and this time we’re looking into Medical...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 51, December 17, 2010
The Joint Commission has opened 2012 National Patient Safety Goals (NSPG) for ventilator-associated...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 51, December 17, 2010
Medication reconciliation has received a facelift: revisions to the medication reconciliation...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 6, December 17, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 49, December 14, 2010
Medication reconciliation has received a facelift: revisions to the medication reconciliation...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 49, December 14, 2010
Take our latest benchmarking survey!
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 50, December 8, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 48, December 7, 2010
Save the date!
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 49, December 1, 2010
The Joint Commission has launched extensive upgrades to its website in order to improve access to...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 48, November 24, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 46, November 23, 2010
The Joint Commission will reduce the timeframe for surveys by three months. This new rule will go...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 46, November 23, 2010
Save the date!
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 19, 2010
The Joint Commission will reduce the timeframe for surveys by three months. This new rule will go...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 19, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 45, November 16, 2010
Save the date!
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 46, November 12, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 46, November 12, 2010
The Joint Commission has launched the much-discussed “Leading Practice Library,” in...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 44, October 29, 2010
The Joint Commission’s Center for Transforming Healthcare has announced the makeup of its new...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 43, October 22, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 43, October 22, 2010
The Joint Commission announced this week that new accreditation and certification decision...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 41, October 19, 2010
Join us for our next AHAP working group call!
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 42, October 15, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 40, October 12, 2010
Join us for our next AHAP working group call!
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 41, October 8, 2010
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 41, October 8, 2010
The Joint Commission has stated that "Update 2" to its comprehensive manuals will mail in...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 39, October 5, 2010
Join us for our next AHAP working group call!
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 39, September 24, 2010
The Joint Commission has provided its most challenging standards list for the first half of 2010...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 38, September 17, 2010
The Joint Commission has announced the launch of the Targeted Solutions Tool™ (TST), an...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 35, August 27, 2010
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has announced it will release a tool...
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Accreditation Insider, Issue 34, August 24, 2010
True or false: Hospitals should perform a risk assessment to determine what areas of the hospital...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 32, August 6, 2010
The Joint Commission has released its most recent free downloadable monograph. This document...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
Sometimes, it’s all about implementation.
When Northwest Texas Healthcare System (NWTHS) in...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
On July 1, The Joint Commission resumed surveying for the new version of staffing effectiveness...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
Education and training for hospital staff has always been time-consuming and costly for both...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
Inside:
Start from the beginning
Focused Professional Practice Evaluation: Keep it simple
Joint...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
In 2007, The Joint Commission issued the Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) standard...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
For years, the Medical Staff standard MS.01.01.01 has been a battleground for hospitals—an...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Every month, Briefings on The Joint Commission brings you the latest news in Joint Commission...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Core measures—they’re a part of the fabric of hospital life, particularly given their...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
The new guidelines contain information on the supervision of a certified registered nurse...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
In 2007, when The Joint Commission issued the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
National Patient Safety Goal NPSG.15.01.01 requires that patients being treated for emotional or...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Medical Staff standard MS.01.01.01 has undergone quite a journey over the years. The standard, once...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Every month, Briefings on The Joint Commission brings you the latest news in Joint Commission...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Did you happen to note that the Survey Activity Guide (SAG) was last updated by The Joint...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published revised interpretive guidelines...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
The Periodic Performance Review (PPR) is an annual self-assessment process aimed at supporting...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Ectopic pregnancy will be used throughout this article to illustrate some of the 2010 standards...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
In a year that saw budgets cut, travel expenses slashed, and jobs lost, it is unsurprising to...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Every month, Briefings on The Joint Commission brings you the latest news in Joint Commission...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Imagine this scenario: The Joint Commission surveyor arrives in the surgical services suite and...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Hospitals look for ways to improve patient education all the time. Once in a while, this education...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Every month, Briefings on The Joint Commission brings you the latest news in Joint Commission...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
The Joint Commission officially announced the most-cited standards for the first half of 2009 and...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
When the Joint Commission released its "Power Pack" on medication storage it suggested at...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
The Joint Commission’s hospital accreditation program has been approved for continued deeming...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 3, January 18, 2010
Relief will come to those facilities waiting for their unannounced survey from The Joint...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Collective experience from The Greeley Company’s consultants supports the Joint...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
As a healthcare accreditation consultant and quality management professional, I have been exposed...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Let’s throw a pair of numbers out there: 26% and 3%. Those are the percentages for emergency...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
There are significant changes in the NPSG, many of which are refreshing. The intent in making these...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
There are various ways pain can be measured by hospital staff members, depending on the...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
It takes more than one method to bring a hospital’s hand hygiene compliance rate up over 90...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
So far, so good. The release of the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) rolled back some of...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
The Joint Commission has made significant steps to improve its performance and culture in 2009, the...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
In a world where a consumer can collect encyclopedic knowledge on a car or home electronics...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Q: Are there additional factors to monitor outside of the required stroke center measures?
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
When patients come into the hospital with an illness or health problem, staff members must do all...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
On the upside, disease-specific care (DSC) certification surveys provide a little more notice for...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Once your survey is completed, your work has just begun. You must keep the momentum going and stay...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
The standard formerly known as MS.1.20 is on the move again. The Joint Commission opened up the...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 35, August 24, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
After reading this article, you will be able to:
Describe the J-Day Blitz List concept...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
After reading this article, you will be able to:
Identify common medication errors
Explain...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Editor’s note: This feature explores problematic Joint Commission standards with expert...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
According to an old Chinese proverb, it is better to sweat more during peace and bleed less during...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
Tracer methodology, used by The Joint Commission since 2004, has increased the focus on the patient...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
In January 2006, Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands (RHCI) in East Sandwich, MA, had...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Every month, Briefings on The Joint Commission brings you the latest news in Joint Commission...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
For a long time, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) had been viewed as an unavoidable evil...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Propped up on a pillow, wearing a baseball hat and a pink cast on his ankle, the patient is...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Brattleboro (VT) Retreat, a freestanding psychiatric hospital, was expecting its most recent...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
I am looking for policies and procedures on insertion of central lines at the bedside, especially...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
In 2009, three infection control goals were added to the National Patient Safety Goals list...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
When Rochester (NY) General Health System determined to cut down on methicillin-resistant...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 18, April 17, 2009
It has been a little more than six months since Det Norske Veritas (DNV) was awarded hospital...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 17, April 10, 2009
Accreditation professionals across the country have known for months that revisions to Joint...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 17, April 10, 2009
For a number of years, Nassau University Medical Center in Long Island, has been beset upon by...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 16, April 3, 2009
For one Washington hospital, making the move from Joint Commission accreditation to DNV Healthcare...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 16, April 3, 2009
The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) continues its contest for free...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Every month, Briefings on The Joint Commission brings you the latest news in Joint Commission...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Reports from the field indicate that validation surveys by state surveyors on behalf of CMS are...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Hicksville, OH, was expecting The Joint Commission sometime in...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 15, March 27, 2009
The Joint Commission has announced changes to the 2009 standards revisions originally released...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 15, March 27, 2009
The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) has sponsored a contest for free...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 10, March 6, 2009
Medication management compliance is difficult enough, but when you are trying to comply while...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 27, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will include financial incentives promoting the...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 27, 2009
A new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) suggests that the federal...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 27, 2009
Q. Our cardiopulmonary staff members have a short period of time to perform EKGs on patients coming...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 8, February 20, 2009
In summer 2006, Bellin Home Health Care in Green Bay, WI, created a tool to assess patients&rsquo...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 13, 2009
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, TX, has announced major improvements to its emergency...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 13, 2009
Two years after it lost its accreditation and its own physicians were writing to the city to warn...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 13, 2009
A recent discussion between Ontario and federal officials uncovered disparities in the amount of...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 13, 2009
During its Standards Improvement Initiative, The Joint Commission’s goal was to review its...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 6, February 6, 2009
Applications and nominations for the 2009 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards are...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 5, January 30, 2009
According to a recent survey conducted by HealthGrades, an independent healthcare ratings...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 5, January 30, 2009
Constructing a tracer process from scratch for a 645-bed hospital is no simple matter, but that was...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 4, January 23, 2009
Q. The new leadership standard LD.03.01.01 says leaders regularly evaluate the culture of safety...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 3, January 15, 2009
When Joint Commission surveyors came to St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO, the morning...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 1, January 2, 2009
The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) has made available a new evacuation planning...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 51, December 18, 2008
When The Joint Commission implemented focused professional practice evaluations (FPPE) in January...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 49, December 4, 2008
Early on September 15, The Joint Commission posted on its extranet news that surveyors would be...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 49, November 26, 2008
American hospitals have demonstrated significant gains in patient safety and quality of care over...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 49, November 26, 2008
With the introduction of Life Safety Code® (LSC) surveyors to The Joint Commission’s...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 7, 2008
The Joint Commission has brought a renewed focus to the area of pain management with its recently...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 7, 2008
The Joint Commission announced this week that, under a new Joint Commission policy, laboratory...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 7, 2008
The Joint Commission has released an FAQ on National Patient Safety Goal NPSG.01.01.01. The FAQ...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
After reading this article, you will be able to:
Discuss the new numbering system used in...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 46, October 31, 2008
The Joint Commission in August announced a new scoring system for its hospital accreditation...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 45, October 24, 2008
Q. Why is The Joint Commission now saying that, beginning in 2009, surgical timeouts should ideally...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 44, October 16, 2008
Q. Why is The Joint Commission now saying that, beginning in 2009, surgical timeouts should ideally...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 43, October 10, 2008
The Medication Management chapter is set up to reflect the continuum of the process, from...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 42, October 3, 2008
The Joint Commission in August announced a new scoring system for its hospital accreditation...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
The Joint Commission in August announced a new scoring system for its hospital accreditation...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
As of January 1, 2009, a revised Leadership standards chapter takes effect, detailing requirements...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
The Medication Management chapter is set up to reflect the continuum of the process, from...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Q. Why is The Joint Commission now saying that, beginning in 2009, surgical timeouts should ideally...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 41, September 26, 2008
CMS revised the new Interpretive Guidelines for hospitals in April. The changes were not...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 40, September 19, 2008
Hospitals are frequently slow to help physicians purchase electronic medical record (EMR) systems...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 39, September 12, 2008
The Joint Commission has released several chapters for public review as part of its Standard...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 38, September 8, 2008
Sometimes, it’s all about the journey, not the destination. And in hospitals, the journey a...
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Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Sometimes, it's all about the journey, not the destination. And in hospitals, the journey a patient...
