Dawn Q. McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, regional vice president of operations, and Cindy A. King RN, CPHQ, director of clinical, quality and compliance, for Health Inventures share their interpretation of the recently issued guidance clarification from CMS for ambulatory…
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Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine analyze whether medical school curriculum can change medical students' attitudes towards patient safety, according to an article published in BMJ Quality & Safety.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) is offering for the first time in 2011 a version of its handbook for organizations seeking Medicare Deemed Status.
The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about receiving this resource and joining APIC, visit www.apic.org/ambulatorynewsletter. To learn…
Although there are many benefits to borrowing surgical equipment from vendors and other healthcare facilities, doing so poses a number of challenges and patient safety risks for the borrower facility, according to an article published in AORN Journal.
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has issued changes to the 2011 AAAHC Handbook of its accreditation standards.
AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has announced it released six new reports in 2010 on its clinical and non-clinical studies.
The Joint Commission has published data on sentinel events across different kinds of healthcare venues.
The Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality has published 10 evidence-based tips to prevent adverse events from occurring in a hospital.