SourceMedical Solutions Vice President-Clinical Informatics Ann Geier has been appointed to represent the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Foundation as a liaison with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
The following AmSurg ambulatory surgery centers have achieved accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a post on the AmSurg Leadership Blog:
For surgical patients, blood clots of the lungs or lower extremities are much less likely if they receive individualized treatment based on clotting risk and if they begin walking soon after their surgeries, according to an article published in the…
Ensuring proper high-level sterilization is one of the top five challenges for healthcare organizations during accreditation and reaccreditation. In 2013, the noncompliance rate for Joint Commission standard IC.02.02.01 — which requires organizations to reduce the risk of infection associated with…
Accreditation is essential to ambulatory surgery center success. Here are six top areas in which the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care found ASCs to be non-compliant or partially non-compliant.
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Hickory, N.C.-based Viewmont Surgery Center has achieved accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
While the initial accreditation process may involve changes in workflow, accreditation readiness becomes integrated into the fabric of compliant ASCs in a way that has many potential benefits to the center, according to Michael Kulczycki, MBA, CAE, executive director of…
According to the ECRI Institute's list, Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2014, health IT is the biggest danger to patient safety.
The Joint Commission has postponed implementation of standards for reducing diagnostic imaging risks in ambulatory settings until July 2015.