Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In this era of mergers, acquisitions, and the building of replacement hospital facilities, many survey coordinators are faced with maintaining...Read More »

While The Joint Commission's official top-cited standards don't appear until each fall's Executive Briefings, a recent American Society for...Read More »

What are the time parameters for completing a history and physical?Read More »

Fill in the blank: When a patient is both in restraints AND secluded, the patient must be ______________ by ________________.Read More »

Fire drills are required “one per shift, per quarter” in buildings designated as healthcare occupancy, for example, an inpatient care unit. What...Read More »

After it stopped public reporting data on hospital-acquired conditions, the CMS now plans to resume releasing the data on its website.Read More »

Eight of The Joint Commission’s top 10 standards compliance issues for the first half of 2014 are safety-related.Read More »

The e-SOC is comprised of two basic sections. Name them.Read More »

New Joint Commission revisions to hospital standards have been made to align with CMS effort to reduce unnecessary requirements.Read More »

The Joint Commission has released its July 2014 prepublication standards referencing changes to bring the organization's standards into better...Read More »