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Subject: Comment Period for Proposed Changes to AAAHC Manual Open | ASC Quality Reporting Start Date Approaching | 40 Spots Remain for the 19th Annual ASC Conference - Register now! | Patient Safety Tool: Essential Elements of Safe Surgery Policy/Procedure |
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September 18, 2012

1. AAAHC Opens Public Comment Period for Proposed Changes to Accreditation Manual. Click Here

2. What will the election mean for healthcare and ASCs? What should ASCs do to succeed over the next four years? - Hear Ari Fleisher debate Dr Howard Dean, Listen To dozens of CEOs and hreat operators provide advice on how To excel in a challenging market - 40 spots remain for the 19th Annual ASC Conference (Oct. 25-27, Chicago).

To learn more about this and other can't-miss sessions on patient safety, quality and infection control at the 19th Annual ASC Conference, 
Click Here.

3. Quality Reporting Start Date Approaches; ASCs Gear Up for Change. Click Here

4. Upcoming webinar: Lead the Change to Improve Patient Safety & Quality: Moving Beyond Direct Observation to Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring (Thurs., Sept. 27, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM CT). To learn more or register, .

5. Patient Safety Tool: Essential Elements of Safe Surgery Policy/Procedure. Click Here
  
6. NCQA Releases HEDIS Measures for ACOs. Click Here

7.
IOM: 10 Recommendations to Create a Continuously Learning Healthcare System.  Click Here

8. Risk of Medical Errors 4 Times Higher When Children Have Chronic Conditions. Click Here

9. Safe Biologics Survey Shows Physician Concern Over Biologics, Biosimilars. Click Here  

10. GAO Report: 'Dirty Bomb' Threats Loom. Click Here


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