Every year, CMS releases an annual financial report. Within that report, the agency provides a review of Medicare's oversight of accrediting organizations. It has become a Briefings on The Joint Commissiontradition to take a look at what CMS finds, as well as how The Joint...
This tool, a patient safety expectations badge, is part of an overall contract between leadership and staff members to help build a better culture of safety in their organization.
"The first time we ever used it was with an anesthesia group in Atlanta," says Steve...