Here are five ways to ensure your healthcare organization is prepared for a disaster or emergency, according to the latest Connection report by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
The California Department of Public Health has fined 14 hospitals for noncompliance to standards designed to maintain quality and patient safety.
The Joint Commission has appointed Ronald M. Wyatt, MD, medical director of the division of healthcare improvement.
Laser Spine Institute, a leader in minimally invasive spine surgery, has announced it has received a three-year term accreditation from the AAAHC, according to a release.
Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J., has earned Joint Commission accreditation, according to a Voice of Wisconsin Rapids report.
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This story was written by Carla Daley Shehata, RN, BSN, vice president of operations for Regent Surgical Health. With the implementation of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2009 Conditions for Coverage, numerous new standards were mandated for ASCs…
CMS has approved two healthcare organizations — the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and Det Norske Veritas Healthcare — as continuing accrediting organizations, according to an AHA News Now report.
Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital in Charlotte, Mich., and The Joint Commission are investigating a complaint regarding sterilization practices in the hospital's operating room, according to a Lansing State Journal report.
Advance Endoscopy Center in Dover, Del., has received accreditation from the AAAHC, according to a Dover Post report.
The Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert focused on hospitals' safe use of opioids.