Q&A: Navigating the telemedicine requirements

June 1, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 6
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

Editor’s note: This is the first year that Medicaid in all 50 states has adopted some form of telemedicine coverage. While...Read More »

Make the most of CMS' surveyor IC worksheets

June 1, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 6
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: The following is an article written by Maria Del Pilar Messner, corporate director of...Read More »

SAFER in practice; Thoughts on Joint Commission's new scoring matrix

June 1, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 6
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors

There's been much ado about The Joint Commission's new scoring system, the Survey Analysis for Evaluating Risk (SAFER) matrix. The matrix is a 3 x...Read More »

A Practical Approach to Achieving Patient- and Family-Centered Care - On-Demand

May 22, 2017
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Originally presented on: May 22, 2017

Presented by: 

Janiece Gray, MHA, BSW, CPXP
Gretchen Leiterman, MBA

Level of Program:
Intermediate

To meaningfully improve the patient experience, an organizationwide...

2017 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards

May 9, 2017
Tools
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Infusion errors, instrument cleaning lead ECRI list of top tech hazards

May 1, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 5
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: The ECRI Institute published its annual list of the top 10 health technology hazards for the industry. Readers...Read More »

Q&A AAAHC report highlights top problem areas

May 1, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 5
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: Each year, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) Institute creates a Quality...Read More »

What can you really do about readmission rates?

February 28, 2017
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18 Issue 2
Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: Janet Spiegel, MS, is a management consultant who has worked with several payer and provider organizations....Read More »

Submitting eCQMs in 2017

February 21, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 2
Quality & Errors

When it comes to healthcare quality improvement, electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM) are the way of the future. Or at least that’s what...Read More »

Beyond CAHPS: A Guide for Achieving Patient and Family Centered Care

February 14, 2017
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
Quality & Errors

Today, the CAHPS survey often doesn’t capture the entire picture when it comes to customer satisfaction. To meaningfully improve the patient...Read More »

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