The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care appointed four officers and elected three members to serve on its board of directors in 2020.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
The Joint Commission released the 2020 patient safety goals for ambulatory healthcare.
ASC management company Pinnacle III offered the following tips for ASCs preparing for an accreditation survey from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
The American College of Surgeons accredited Dover, N.H.-based Wentworth-Douglass Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery as a comprehensive center, denoting the organization's high-quality care initiatives.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore and researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago are offering a free program for ambulatory care practices on reducing unnecessary antibiotic use.
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Infection prevention, safe injection practices, privileging, credentialing and documentation management were the most common deficiencies cited in ambulatory quality studies last year, according to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care 2019 quality roadmap.
The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities appointed Monda Shaver, RN, BSN, as its chief regulatory affairs officer.
Fitzmaurice Hand Institute and Endotech Surgery Center in Scottsdale, Ariz., received dual accreditation from Surgical Review Corp.
Infection prevention, safe injection practices, privileging, credentialing and documentation management were the most common deficiencies cited in ambulatory quality studies in 2018, according to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care 2019 quality roadmap.
The following ASCs recently achieved accreditation for the first time or were reaccredited: