ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Joint Commission released a list of potential disasters to prepare for with an emergency management plan or emergency operations plan.

Lac Courte Oreilles-Community Health Center passed its Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care survey.

The Joint Commission launched the new Integrated Care Certification option.

Here are several externally-funded research projects from The Joint Commission's Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation.

The Joint Commission partnered with the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to launch of a new Disease-Specific Care Advanced Certification Program for Acute Stroke Ready Hospitals.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care released a report that includes the "do's" and "don'ts" for complying with manufacturers' instructions for use.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released an advanced copy of the new infection prevention worksheet, according to an AAAHC report.

Wendi Roberts is the executive director for certification for The Joint commission. She has more than 35 years of healthcare administration, medical legal consulting and clinical nursing experience.

Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center's Echocardiography Lab in Fountain Valley, Calif., was granted a three-year accreditation in Echocardiography in the areas of Adult Transthoracic and Adult Transesophageal by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.

Endoscopy Center of Southwest Virginia earned AAAHC accreditation earlier this year.