ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Research results suggest patient participation in surgical site marking may not be reliable or helpful in decreasing the chances of wrong-site surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of Patient Safety.

Maple Lawn Surgery Center in Fulton, Md., has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), according to a report from the Howard County Times.

A new guide from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and DOD provides instruction to master trainers on using simulation-based training when teaching TeamSTEPPS, a three-phased process aimed at creating and sustaining a culture of safety.

Top-rated hospitals are more likely to prevent medical errors such as hospital-acquired bloodstream infections and post-surgical sepsis than lower-rated hospitals, according to a study conducted by HealthGrades researchers, with coverage of the study provided by HealthDay.

Researchers found triggers can be used to identify where adverse events are most likely to occur in outpatient surgery, according to an article published in Journal of Patient Safety.

Using a safety attitudes questionnaire can be useful in measuring the effectiveness of patient safety improvement initiatives, according to an article published in the Journal of Patient Safety.

Charles Denham, MD, of the Texas Medical Institute of Technology, reflects on what healthcare providers can do to intensify efforts toward increasing patient safety.

With two federal initiatives to measure ambulatory surgery center quality expected in the next few years, the outlines of those programs may come into focus this year as rulemaking gets under way, according to David Shapiro, MD, chairman of the…

Hospitals that participated in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network showed they were able to decrease healthcare-associated infection rates by 50 percent, thereby decreasing healthcare costs, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

The Joint Commission has announced it has released the first in a series of animated videos to encourage patients to become active participants in their healthcare to celebrate National Patient Safety Awareness Week.