With the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19, mask and vaccine mandates are coming back, and hospitals are reaching or exceeding capacity in...Read More »
Look for an interim final rule in October that will require “staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities” to be vaccinated against...Read More »
Hospitals, clinical laboratories, and ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) accredited by HFAP showed improvements in 2020. Fewer organizations faced...Read More »
The pandemic drove healthcare providers and vendors to take an even closer look at facility entrances: who enters a facility, how they come in,...Read More »
The nation is still working to get a majority of the population vaccinated against COVID-19 as coronavirus variants create patient surges in many...Read More »
The 50 states and Washington, D.C., experienced an average of five fewer deaths from COVID-19 per 10,000 adult residents as a result of early...Read More »