ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Infection control was the most cited area plaguing ambulatory healthcare in 2016, but The Joint Commission's Infection Control Specialist Lisa Waldowski shared methods to address it in Ambulatory Buzz.

Here are seven outpatient facilities that earned accreditation or certification in May 2017.

The Joint Commission explained the prime facets of its Nursing Care Center Accreditation in a recent blog post.

John Trocino is a life safety code surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

The Joint Commission wrote a blog post on the development of its standards.

Gail Montgomery-Edwards, RN, is a surveyor with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Mark DeFrancesco, MD, has been a surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare since 1999.

The Joint Commission and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses are partnering to promote National Time Out Day on June 14. 

The American Association of Accreditation for Ambulatory Surgery Facilities was established in 1980 to improve healthcare in outpatient facilities.

Paul Bennett is an Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care surveyor.