On April 5, 2013, CMS released a proposed rule to the Survey, Certification and Enforcement Procedures, at 42 CFR §488 and 42 CFR §489. The proposed rule significantly strengthens the oversight by CMS over the national accreditation organizations (AO).
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 8
In an interesting turn, the FDA has released recommendations for improving cybersecurity for medical devices and hospital networks. In this month's column, we will review those recommendations and also hear from the field, which has been working hard long before the FDA's announcement to stay...
Imagine a patient is admitted to your hospital from a trauma unit. A history is taken, multiple staff members evaluate her, and she is brought up to the inpatient unit. There, staff are hands on, helping her to walk to the bathroom and focusing on getting her better. She...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 8
Welcome to "HIPAA demystified," the first in an ongoing series. Everyone now lives in a world of HIPAA, yet many-indeed, most of us-are not professional practitioners, but simply people who brush against HIPAA daily. Yet compliance is still required, with specific obligations under the ...
Patient falls are often associated with elderly patients, but as one hospital experienced firsthand, postpartum women recovering in the obstetrics room can also be at risk.
Last week US News and World Report released its annual list of top hospitals. The New York Times takes a look at what this annual ranking means for patients and what is says about American healthcare. Click the link above to read the full article.
While we are on the subject of the CMS, you may be interested to know that an update of the State Operations Manual (which is basically the foundation resource for the conduction of CMS surveys) was unveiled on June 7. Click the link above to read more.
