The results of our latest benchmarking survey, the annual Accreditation Professional Salary survey, have been posted to the AHAP site. Click the...Read More »
In an interesting turn, the FDA has released recommendations for improving cybersecurity for medical devices and hospital networks. In this month'...Read More »
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...Read More »
The Joint Commission announced in June a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) aimed at improving the safety of clinical alarm systems. The goal...Read More »
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...Read More »
While we are on the subject of the CMS, you may be interested to know that an update of the State Operations Manual (which is basically the...Read More »