The following article is written by Kim Woodruff, VP of corporate finance and compliance for Pinnacle III. Social media is employed in the healthcare arena for a variety of beneficial reasons: It can be an inexpensive marketing tool. It…
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
On April 24, the Des Moines Register published an article that raised questions regarding the oversight and potential licensure of ambulatory surgery centers and other healthcare providers in the state. Since the Des Moines Register is part of the Gannett…
The Joint Commission has launched an online library offering tools and solutions that have been successfully implemented by healthcare organizations and reviewed by Joint Commission standards experts.
The Joint Commission applauds CMS' new Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging requirements, which becomes effective on July 5, 2011, and seeks to remove unnecessary barriers to the use of telemedicine for medically necessary interventions.
Adena Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio, will not be penalized by CMS for performing wrong-site surgery on a woman earlier this year, according to a Chillicothe Gazette report. Arthroscopic surgery was performed on both of a woman’s knees when only…
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St. Louis-based Ascension Health has achieved significant patient safety improvements through a comprehensive quality improvement strategy implemented in 2003. The health system's success is detailed in a study, "The Quality 'Journey' at Ascension Health: How We've Prevented at Least 1,500…
The Plastic and Cosmetic Center of South Texas has been SurgiCenter certified by The Joint Commission, according to a San Antonio Business Journal report.
The following article appeared in the May. 2011 issue of Connection, the e-newsletter from the AAAHC. Q: AAAHC Standard 5.II.A-6 refers to performing internal and external benchmarking to support the QI program goals. The 2011 Handbook's Glossary defines internal benchmarking…
Dr. Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, is president of The Joint Commission and also president of the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare. Previously, Dr. Chassin was the Edmond A. Guggenheim Professor of Health Policy and founding chairman…
The Joint Commission has announced it has released the third in a series of animated videos to encourage patients to become active participants in their healthcare, with the latest 60-second video focusing on medication management.