The importance of medication reconciliation is obvious. When taken together, certain medicine combinations can cause harmful effects. Therefore, keeping an updated record of all the medicines a patient is taking, and the dosage of each, is essential for their well-being.
After two years of watching and waiting, I have been infected with the COVID-19 virus. I realize that this is nothing special. Millions of others have caught the virus, and some have had a far more devastating time with it than I. Like many others, I have no idea where the infection came from....
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 2
The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) has released its Executive Protection Guideline 06.03. As of January 2022, it was in the...
OSHA’s two COVID-19-related emergency temporary standards (ETS) requiring specific worker protections as well as vaccinations are both on hold for now but you may still be held responsible for those worker protections.
Depending on what state your hospital or healthcare system is in and when you face your regularly scheduled survey, you might have weeks or only days to come into compliance with CMS’ interim final rule...
CMS has officially put out guidance to its own state survey agencies that all its onsite surveyors should be fully vaccinated, and it expects the same of accrediting organizations (AOs), who are responsible for their own compliance. Therefore, CMS says “certified providers and suppliers are not...
The Joint Commission (TJC) is collaborating with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) to offer TJC-accredited hospital laboratories recognition for excellence in...
All U.S. states and territories are now subject to the CMS interim final rule requiring staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
In a new memo to CMS state surveyors posted January 20, the agency added Texas as the final state subject to the rule after the last injunction was lifted...
As the healthcare ecosystem in the U.S. grows more complex, there continues to be a focus on strengthening outcomes, controlling costs, and improving data. Improved quality of healthcare data helps overall quality of outcomes. Yet many patients lack a perspective or understanding of what is...
