The Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality has announced that it is the latest organization to receive deemed status for acute care hospitals from CMS. This allows CIHQ’s hospital accreditation program to deem hospitals to be in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation. Click the...
The results of our latest benchmarking survey, the annual Accreditation Professional Salary survey, have been posted to the AHAP site. Click the link above to get the results.
The Joint Commission announced in June a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) aimed at improving the safety of clinical alarm systems. The goal is currently planned for implementation on January 1, 2014, and has been designated as NPSG.06.01.01.
According to The Joint Commission's...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 8
Welcome to "HIPAA demystified," the first in an ongoing series. Everyone now lives in a world of HIPAA, yet many-indeed, most of us-are not professional practitioners, but simply people who brush against HIPAA daily. Yet compliance is still required, with specific obligations under the ...
On April 5, 2013, CMS released a proposed rule to the Survey, Certification and Enforcement Procedures, at 42 CFR §488 and 42 CFR §489. The proposed rule significantly strengthens the oversight by CMS over the national accreditation organizations (AO).
Imagine a patient is admitted to your hospital from a trauma unit. A history is taken, multiple staff members evaluate her, and she is brought up to the inpatient unit. There, staff are hands on, helping her to walk to the bathroom and focusing on getting her better. She...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 8
In an interesting turn, the FDA has released recommendations for improving cybersecurity for medical devices and hospital networks. In this month's column, we will review those recommendations and also hear from the field, which has been working hard long before the FDA's announcement to stay...
