A month after Parkland Memorial Hospital Interim CEO Thomas Royer, MD, announced a consultant's action plan on quality improvement would be made public, the hospital's board of managers said it would not release the report in order to protect the…
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
The Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality provides a free, downloadable sample isolation policy.
The Joint Commission provides news release samples organizations can use to help promote their accreditation.
The Renal Physicians Association provides six free, downloadable patient safety posters.
A subcommittee of the Iowa Senate State Affairs committee held a hearing last week on Senate Study Bill 3012, which would require licensing for all ASCs in the state, according to an ASCA report.
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State regulators deemed NCH Healthcare System, based in Naples, Fla., an "immediate jeopardy" twice last year for violations of standards, including infection control, according to a Naples News report.
Cassia Regional Medical Center, an Intermountain Healthcare facility in Burley, Idaho, has been awarded The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation, according to a Mini Cassia Voice report.
In March, Medline Industries, Inc., will launch empOweR, a new online program designed to improve the safety, efficiency and savings in hospital and surgery center operating rooms. The program includes comprehensive education, safety solutions and financial solutions to help reduce…
The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers has offered positive feedback for a new website launched by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services that focuses on ASC inspections, according to a news release from NJAASC.
The California Department of Public Health has fined Seton Medical Center in Daly City $100,000 after a patient suffocated and died from a medical error, according to a Mercury News report.