ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The following article is written by Virginia McCollum, RN, guest blogger for the Joint Commission's Ambulatory Health Care Blog. It has been adapted and reprinted with permission.   The multiple credentialing and privileging tasks for ambulatory care organizations are found…

Linda Homan, BSN, CIC, clinical and professional services for Ecolab, Jan Davidson, RN, MSN, the AORN perioperative education specialist focusing on ambulatory surgery centers, and Anne Dean of The ADA Group share 10 top patient safety issues that will impact…

The Joint Commission has published five strategies to help organizations comply with standard WT.03.01.01, which requires staff and licensed independent practitioners performing waived tests are competent and features six elements of performance.

The Joint Commission has published easy-to-read versions of its 2012 National Patient Safety Goals.

Marlborough (Mass.) Hospital has named Nancy L. Manchester as its new patient safety officer, according to a Wicked Local Marlborough report.

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.

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…