The Joint Commission has identified the five most challenging ambulatory care accreditation standards in the first half of 2013.
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The Joint Commission has granted its Gold Seal of Approval to Methodist McKinney Hospital in Texas.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has granted the Fertility Centers of New England full accreditation.
The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium has named Nemours/I. Alfred duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., the nation's second accredited pediatric heart failure institute.
The Joint Commission has granted Oro Valley (Ariz.) Hospital its Gold Seal of Approval for total knee and hip replacement, according to a Tucson Citizen report.
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The Joint Commission has released proposed revisions to the requirements of the comprehensive stroke center certification program, which was developed in conjunction with the American Heat Association and American Stroke Association.
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission has accredited the echocardiography accreditation lab of Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine, according to a fosters.com report.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has announced that will hold its September Achieving Accreditation Seminar in St. Louis.
DNV Healthcare has accredited Ben Taub Hospital, Quentin Mease Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, all in Houston.
The American College of Surgeons' Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program has named Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J., a Level 2 facility for bariatric surgery.