ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published safety labeling changes made prescribing information for 48 products in October.

CMS provides a free, downloadable "Toolkit for Making Written Material Clear and Effective."

Joint Commission patient-centered communication standards, approved in Dec. 2009 and released in Jan. 2010, will go into effect on July 1, 2012, according to an AORN release.

The Joint Commission has published a new standards FAQ about texting orders.

CDC is now offering a free, online laboratory training module.

An audit performed by Maryland's Department of Legislative Services show the state's board of physicians has a "serious backlog" of complaints filed against physicians, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

SCOAP (Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program), a program of the Foundation for Health Care Quality, provides a free, downloadable surgical checklist for ambulatory surgery.

Brian Williamson, PharmD, is president & CEO of JCB Laboratories. Q: Can you explain the 60-minute rule for compounded medications per USP 797 and how organizations need to meet this rule?   Brian Williamson: The principle concern of the USP…

The following article is written by Donna Nucci, RN, CIC, infection prevention consultant.   The top 10 facility infection prevention program component updates I would perform tomorrow if I were the person "trained in infection prevention employed by a facility…

The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Health Care blog is running a three-part series on credentialing and privileging.