ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

A fairly small number of standards are often cited in Joint Commission surveys of ambulatory facilities, says Virginia McCollum, RN, associate director of the department of standards interpretation at the accrediting agency. Ms. McCollum reports the following standards were the…

The Joint Commission plans to issue five new standards initiatives affecting ambulatory facilities in 2012. Virginia McCollum, RN, associate director of the department of standards interpretation at the accreditation agency, says the planned initiatives are discussed in the Oct. 2011…

GOJO, a global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions and the inventors of PURELL, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable sample infection control risk assessment form for ambulatory surgery centers.

Pennsylvania Reps. Phyllis Mundy and Deberah Kula have introduced a nurse-to-patient ratios bill in the Pennsylvania State House, according to a news release from the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, a supporter of the bill.

Two physicians from Connecticut have been reprimanded by the state Medical Examining Board due surgical errors, according to a New Haven Independent report.

Michael Kulczycki, executive director for The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, addresses five questions pertaining to the topics of ambulatory surgery centers preparing for accreditation and the importance of a "ready to go" list.

The 2010 death of a patient at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester attributed in part to a delayed response to device alarms signaling the patient's fast heart rate and breathing problems are not isolated incidents but rather indicative of…

Premier, a healthcare alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000 other healthcare sites, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable evaluation form for safety needle/syringe devices.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality provides a free, downloadable brochure which provides patients with tips to use before, during and after a medical appointment.

Organizations nationwide are considering whether to institute an influenza vaccination policy. In just the past few weeks, hospitals in Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Michigan have announced such policies.