ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The following article is written by Naomi Kuznets, PhD, senior director and general manager of the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, and comes from the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement "IQI Insights" publication. It is copyrighted and being published with…

Via Christi Clinic in Wichita, Kan., has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a Via Christi Clinic news release published on MDNews.com.

The World Health Organization provides a free, downloadable needlestick injury prevention assessment tool.

The Texas Medical Board has approved 108 disciplinary actions against physicians in the state for various violations, including 44 involving standard of care violations, according to a state news release.

Here are reports featuring 12 downloadable patient safety and staff education tools which were added to the Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control Database of Downloadable Patient Safety Tools & Resources during the week of Sept. 5-9.

Central Michigan Community Hospital in Mt. Pleasant has received re-accreditation by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, according to a Morning Sun report.

Parkland Memorial Hospital entered into a systems improvement agreement with CMS in order to keep its Medicare status after the agency found the hospital's emergency department still posed "immediate jeopardy," according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report.

The North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety offers a free, downloadable medication safety reconciliation toolkit.

A new Missouri law makes it possible for patients to view various information on a physician, including whether a physician was subject to disciplinary action by the state medical board, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

Around 50 healthcare advocacy groups across the country are asking Congress to require hospital accreditation surveys to be made publicly available, according to a Herald-Leader report.