Last month, we looked at what the international community could do in the face of the current Ebola outbreak and addressed many fears and concerns in the healthcare community about what the outbreak meant for us here in the U.S. Since that time, perhaps unsurprisingly, we have had...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 11
We have seen some enormous numbers arising in the current Ebola outbreak in Africa, with information, both factual and fear-inspired, bubbling up as patients are brought stateside for care. So what are the facts, and what do we as accreditation professionals?tasked with patient safety,...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 11
CMS develops Conditions of Participation (CoP) that healthcare organizations must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. According to CMS, these health and safety standards are the foundation for improving quality and protecting the health and safety of...
A new HCPro webcast will help hospitals prepare a response plan in the event they receive a patient with Ebola symptoms. The 60-minute program is scheduled for Monday, November 17 at 1 p.m. and will be presented by Marge McFarlane, PhD, MT(ASCP), CHSP, CHFM, HEM, MEP, CHEP and Thomas A. Smith,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released new guidelines for emergency department workers to evaluate and manage patients who show with symptoms of Ebola.
Some hospital employees are challenging facility mandated flu vaccinations, highlighted by a lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts Nurses Association against Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Experts outline changes to tracking and prevention of ventilator-associated events, along with hand hygiene best practices and commentary from The Joint Commission
