Earning accreditation by the Joint Commission is a marker of a surgery center's commitment to patient care, and news of a center earning accreditation should be made public.
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AAAHC International, the global arm of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has accredited MEDAVAN, an ambulatory surgery center in Peru.
Ninh Nguyen, MD, FACS, president-elect of ASMBS, responds to the CMS decision to drop its bariatric surgery accreditation requirement.
According to a patient safety toolkit, released by AAAHC's Institute for Quality Improvement, there are a number of steps that ambulatory surgery centers can take to reduce falls.
The Joint Commission has released a new toolkit aimed at preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections.
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According to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, there are seven steps to accreditation that surgery centers should be aware of.
Ray Grundman, senior director of external relations at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and AAAHC surveyor, gives an inside look at nine common stumbling blocks along the road to a successful ambulatory surgery center accreditation survey.
North Central Surgical Center in Dallas announced it has been named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for 2013 by The Joint Commission.
A new study presented at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 30th annual meeting reaffirms that bariatric surgery mortality rates are lower when performed in an accredited surgery center.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has reaccredited Hunterdon Center for Surgery in Flemington, N.J., according to an nj.com report.