They say that good things come to those who wait, and professionals in just about every sector of healthcare have been patiently waiting-nearly six years, in fact-for the FDA's final ruling on unique device identifiers (UDI) for medical devices, with the expectation that the new system will...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 1
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the items of focus during 2014's random audits. Number two on the list is training (the first being security risk assessments). Why the attention on training? The Ponemon Institute's Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data...
Hospitals must have written policies on advance directives and the patient's desires with regard to life support and whether the patient wants to withhold, forgo, or withdraw life-sustaining services. Hospitals must also determine which of their outpatient settings will honor those advance...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 1
Last month, we began our review of the year's most-cited Joint Commission standards by discussing the top 10 most challenging issues of 2013. This month, we continue our analysis and look at the remaining most-cited standards for 2013 so far, led by BOJ advisor Jodi Eisenberg, MHA, CPHQ, CPMSM...
A while back we discussed the two tribes that inhabit the healthcare world—the finders and the fixers. During that discussion, I advised the development of a more robust participation on the part of the finders, so the fixers can focus on the fixing, as opposed to having to go out and find stuff...
True or False: Patients and families of patients with an MDRO should be instructed on techniques to employ in the home to prevent the spread of the organism to other family members.
The latest update to the federal website that reports hospital quality data adds rates of stroke, C. diff and MRSA infections, blood clot prevention and care measures and expanded readmissions data.
