The Joint Commission announced this week its most challenging requirements list for the first half of 2010. The list for hospitals is dominated, as it has in the past, with standards dealing with fire safety requirements, though the most challenging requirement deals with medical records–another...
The Joint Commission seeks feedback on revisions to the 2010 version of Universal Protocol (Hospital, Critical Access Hospital, Ambulatory Care, and Office-based Surgery programs).
One of the AHAP members asked us to circulate an opening at their facility for a Joint Commission survey coordinator in Houston. Check out more information here.
True or false: Psychiatric hospitals and acute hospitals that treat patients for behavioral or emotional illnesses need to have a process in place to identify patients who are at risk for suicide.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday its Final Rule on Meaningful Use. The rule, intended to spell out exactly what will constitute healthcare parties’ appropriate use of electronic health records, has been anticipated since the proposed rule was released in...
