This article is written by Doug Rabkin, President and Co-Founder of AccreditSoft!.There has been a great deal in the news regarding digitizing healthcare records. The Affordable Healthcare Act (Obama care) requires medical offices to have electronic medical records by next…
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The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers has granted Cancer Treatment Centers of America's Tulsa, Okla., hospital three-year accreditation.
The Joint Commission has granted Adventist Health's Aspire Orthopedic Institute in Portland, Ore., accreditation in the areas of hip and knee replacement, according to a heraldonline report.
The Villages (Fla.) Regional Hospital cancer program has earned three-year accreditation with commendation from the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer, according to a Daily Commercial report.
The American College of Radiology has awarded three-year, gold standard accreditation to the radiation oncology department of St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco.
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The Joint Commission has granted Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., its Gold Seal of Approval for pancreatic and lung cancer care.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has accredited the Langdon Center for Laser & Cosmetic Surgery in Guilford, Conn.
DNV Healthcare has accredited Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio.
David Watts, MD, FACS, CEO of Accreditation Solutions Alliance and board member for the American Association of Accreditation for Ambulatory Surgical Facilities, discusses tools that can make the accreditation process run more smoothly.
David C. Watts, MD, FACS, has launched the Accreditation Solutions Alliance, a privately owned company focused on providing accreditation compliance solutions.