Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Hospital has been cited by the health department for failing to implement policy that would have prevented an unqualified individual from performing a patient care task, according to a Californian report. Read the full report in…
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The Joint Commission is seeking the public's input on best practices for managing clinical alarm systems.
The Joint Commission has allowed Carlisle (Pa.) Regional Medical Center to keep its accreditation status after it passed a recent follow-up inspection by the commission, according to a Patriot-News report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Carlisle…
Slocum-Dickson Medical Group in New Hartford, N.Y., has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a WKTV report.
Hopewell Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC, located in Pennington, N.J., is the 2,000th ambulatory care organization to be accredited by The Joint Commission.
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Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs in Ashland is prohibited from accepting new patients after state officials discovered “serious deficiencies and violations” that they said threatened patient safety, according to a Republican Herald report. Read the full report in Becker’s…
The following article was written by Chris McMenemy, vice president of Ortmann Healthcare Consultants. So Medicare paid you a surprise visit and the result, unfortunately, was a Plan of Correction. Although you most likely are feeling a great deal of…
The Joint Commission has released a table of the most challenging standards in 2011 for each type of healthcare, including ambulatory healthcare and hospitals. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on The Joint Commission.
New Vision Surgical Center in Vero Beach, Fla., has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a TCPalm report.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a bill that now requires hospitals, outpatient surgical facilities and dialysis centers to report infection rates to the state’s Department of Health, which in turn will publish the data on an annual basis, according…