The American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities has announced its new board president will be Harlan Pollock, MD.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
The Joint Commission has published its latest issue of Ambulatory Advisor.
Karen Smith, nursing director at Central Illinois Endoscopy Center in Peoria, says a random auditing of the facility's compliance to infection control practices and increased regulations on infection control caused her to implement new best practices for improved infection control.…
After discovering his ASC experienced two infections in one quarter, Ralph Gambardella, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and president of Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles, quickly went to work with the governing board to discuss potential protocols that can be…
Maintaining high quality clinical documentation is essential for a number of reasons, including improved patient safety and better adherence to accreditation standards. Marie Boyd, administrator at Cape and Islands Endoscopy Center in Hyannis, Mass., shares four steps ASCs can take…
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ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. During the survey, it was brought to the attention of Cheryl Desko, RN, clinical director for the ASC, that the center's patient post-op instructions were lacking in some…
ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. One of the areas the ASC was praised by surveyors for was its quality assessment and performance improvement studies. One such study looked at the surgery center's PACU…
The National Quality Forum has announced its endorsement of a framework for the public reporting of patient safety events and healthcare errors.
ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. As a result of the survey, the ASC has identified areas to target for improvement. One such area was education of patients undergoing post-operative peripheral nerve blocks, says…
ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. During the survey, the ASC was praised for its time-out policy and procedure.