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A fairly small number of standards are often cited in Joint Commission surveys of ambulatory facilities, says Virginia McCollum, RN, associate director of the department of standards interpretation at the accrediting agency. Ms. McCollum reports the following standards were the…

The Joint Commission plans to issue five new standards initiatives affecting ambulatory facilities in 2012. Virginia McCollum, RN, associate director of the department of standards interpretation at the accreditation agency, says the planned initiatives are discussed in the Oct. 2011…

Twenty-seven physicians whose prescription pads had been stolen or duplicated cooperated in the arrests of 41 illegal users of pain medications in three Florida counties, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.

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