The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, recently announced the winners of the 2011 Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Awards.
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Two Chicago-area physicians have filed lawsuits against the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, arguing a recent law that strips convicted physicians of their medical licenses has been unfairly retroactively applied to them, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
The following question concerns the article, "Overview of Quality Reporting in Surgery Centers: Q&A With ASC Donna Slosburg of the ASC Quality Collaboration." The answer is provided by Donna Slosburg, BSN, LHRM, CASC, executive director of the ASC Quality Collaboration.…
The New York Department of Health has told Peninsula Hospital, based in Far Rockaway, N.Y, to stop accepting new patients and divert ambulances due to patient safety concerns, according to numerous reports, including a New York Daily News report.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has developed numerous free, downloadable posters which provide information on seasonal flu and flu prevention.
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The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (pdf) urging organizations to take action to reduce repeated doses of radiation to patients from diagnostic radiation tests.
CMS has accepted a corrective action plan by Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital after an inspection uncovered several infection control and other violations, according to a Republic report.
The Joint Commission has provided a free, downloadable poster addressing the Universal Protocol for preventing wrong site, wrong procedure and wrong person surgery.
California's medical board has publicly reprimanded Adwoa Christy, MD, a board-certified OB/GYN, for depriving a baby of oxygen during delivery, thereby causing developmental delay, according to a San Jose Mercury News report.
A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan show nearly 17 percent of oncology nurses in ambulatory settings report substantial skin and eye exposure to chemotherapy, according to the study's abstract published by BMJ Quality & Safety.