HHS Unveils Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden for Clinicians

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 3, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The federal government has released its long-awaited plan to...Read More »

Verma Raps Accrediting Organizations’ ‘Glaring Conflict of Interest’

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 3, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, March 2020

Inside Accreditation & Quality
March 2, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

Becoming a High-Reliability Organization Through Shared Learning of Safety Events

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
February 25, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Nearly 20 years after the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report To Err Is Human, healthcare providers look to methodologies used in...Read More »

Joint Commission portal addresses nurse burnout

Inside Accreditation & Quality
February 25, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff

In July 2019, the accreditation agency released Quick Safety Issue 50: Developing Resilience to Combat Nurse Burnout, published to help...Read More »

Value-Based Metrics Penalize Top-Performing Hospitals

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
February 25, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Hospitals that are recognized for high-quality cardiac care...Read More »

Identifying issues and finding solutions…

Mac's Safety Space
February 24, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

…versus identifying...Read More »

New Data on Sepsis Prevalence and Costs ‘Astonished’ DHHS Researchers

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
February 18, 2020
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The largest sepsis study every conducted with Medicare data found a 40% increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with the...Read More »

On your marks, get set, sweat!

Mac's Safety Space
February 18, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

But hopefully not a...Read More »

CMS to providers: Prep for 2019-nCoV, stay CLIA compliant

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
February 11, 2020
Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Are you ready for newest of the emerging diseases? CMS is watchingRead More »

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