Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS surveyors could be on your doorstep tomorrow if you have faced a complaint in the last two months that has yet to be investigated.Read More »

The Joint Commission releases its 2020 sentinel event report: patient falls, unintentional retention of foreign objects, suicides, delays in...Read More »

Be aware: As COVID-19 cases go down, your odds for an on-site reaccreditation survey might go up.

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The Joint Commission says it will start unannounced surveys again, as of March 15.Read More »

The Joint Commission's updated Survey Activity Guide is finally online. Here are some tips on what the changes mean for you.

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If there is one lesson to be taken from 2020, it’s that waiting until a problem evolves into a crisis is an exceedingly bad idea. While the world...Read More »

This is Brian Ward and A.J. Plunkett, editors of Patient Safety Monitor Journal and Inside Accreditation & Quality and we...Read More »

The prolonged social isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has created unique challenges for psychiatric hospitals and intermediate care...Read More »