ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities has released a checklist for Ebola preparedness for outpatient facilities.

The FDA's strategic planning to 2018 is taking a targeted focus: patient safety, according to the agency's newly released priorities report.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care is partnering with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology for a half-day infection prevention program in Las Vegas, Dec. 4.

The most frequent sentinel event reported to the Joint Commission in the first two quarters of 2014 is unintended retention of a foreign body.

Building a cohesive workplace is much easier with a culture of transparency. Here are four steps to achieving a culture of transparency in the workplace, adapted from an article in Forbes.

The Joint Commission has released a checklist for determining the effectiveness of equipment maintenance programs in ECNews.

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities has launched a LinkedIn page to profile its updates and to provide ambulatory resources.

The Safe Surgery 2015 Initiative, a project of the Boston-based Harvard School of Public Health, is offering a guide to proper implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Program.

The Joint Commission has released 10 years of sentinel event root cause data. The data covers events reported to the organization between 2004 and the second quarter of 2014. Here are the top causes of anesthesia-related, operative or postoperative complication,…

Two studies published in JAMA Internal Medicine have come to the same conclusion: The Food and Drug Administration is doing a poor job of regulating medical device safety.