Accrediting organizations suspend most survey activities to focus on COVID-19

Inside Accreditation & Quality
April 7, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

If you are expecting a survey from your accreditation organization (AO) in the upcoming weeks and months, check in with your liaison. All four...Read More »

Keep track of latest guidance, other information to stay ready

Inside Accreditation & Quality
April 7, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

As you’ve already witnessed, information during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic comes rapidly and keeps changing.

As policies get...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2020

Inside Accreditation & Quality
April 6, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

New COVID-related information out on HIPAA, face masks, privileging and more

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
April 3, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Cybersecurity & Technology

COVID-19 related information continues to be released at a furious rate.

The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued...Read More »

Verma raps accrediting organizations’ ‘glaring conflict of interest’

Inside Accreditation & Quality
March 31, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma took a swipe at accrediting organizations, noting that when they accept...Read More »

The Joint Commission seeks to reduce maternal deaths

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
March 23, 2020
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued guidance and an alert to hospitals to help prevent what it calls a shocking number of women who die from...Read More »

You be the surveyor, April 2020

Inside Accreditation & Quality
March 23, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

What deficiencies would you cite and why? And how would you correct them?

You be the surveyor.

The following information was taken...Read More »

COVID-19: OSHA relaxes respirator fit-testing enforcement under certain circumstances

March 17, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

In further recognition of the short supply of protective N95 respirators for healthcare workers treating suspected or confirmed patients with...Read More »

Breaking news: CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 17, 2020
Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology

CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients, update nursing home and hospice infection control guidanceRead More »

Logic doesn’t always prevail…a luxury you can’t afford!

Mac's Safety Space
March 17, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

By my observations...Read More »

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