For the second time this year, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in New York City is at the center of another federal investigation after a six-month-old baby died at the facility, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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The following article is written by Anne Dean, RN, BSN, LRM, CEO and co-founder of The ADA Group. As more ambulatory surgery centers are developed, competition is getting fierce and patient satisfaction becomes more important in capturing and retaining…
Hector Vila, MD, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., recently defended the safety of outpatient surgical procedures in a Tampa Bay Times interview.
The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Health Care blog has published the second part in a three-part series on credentialing and privileging.
The following is written by Bobby Hillert, executive director of the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society. The Dec. 16 edition of the Texas Register will include a new rule for Chapter 601 — Informed Consent. The rule, which will…
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The ECRI Institute provides a free, downloadable poster describing emergency procedures for extinguishing fires and caring for patients if a surgical fire should occur.
The Joint Commission has issued final revisions to requirements related to the credentialing and privileging of telemedicine practitioners in hospitals and critical access hospitals, specifically standards LD.04.03.09, MS.13.01.01, and MS.01.01.01.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published safety labeling changes made prescribing information for 48 products in November.
The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (pdf) urging organizations to pay greater attention to preventing healthcare worker fatigue.
The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (pdf) urging organizations to pay greater attention to preventing healthcare worker fatigue.