Regional Hospital of Scranton (Pa.) has earned chest pain center accreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, according to a report by The Times-Tribune.
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The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has granted Kettering (Ohio) Medical Center accreditation as a comprehensive stroke center, according to a Dayton Business Journal report.
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has granted Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Center accreditation, according to a Niagara Falls Reporter report.
Ray Grundman, senior director of external relations for the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care and an AAAHC surveyor, offers five steps that ambulatory surgery center leaders can put in place at their centers to always be prepared for an…
A recent study published in Surgical Endoscopy, co-authored by American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery president-elect Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, FACS, has found that non-accredited bariatric centers had an in-hospital mortality rate of 0.22 percent, while accredited centers had…
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The Joint Commission and American Heart Association/American Stroke Association have granted Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, N.J., advanced certification as a comprehensive stroke center.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have recently surveyed six AMSURG affiliated surgery centers and found no deficiencies.
The Joint Commission has granted its Gold Seal of Approval to Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis, according to a stltoday.com report.
The American College of Surgeons' Bariatric Surgery Center Network has granted Health First LifeShape and the Melbourne (Fla.) Same-Day Surgery Center outpatient bariatric surgery center accreditation, according to a Space Coast Daily report.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a decision memo that proposes to end certification requirements for bariatric surgery centers, according to a Clinical Endocrinology News report.