Coronavirus and preparing for the worst

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
March 16, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Preparing for a worldwide pandemic, especially when you don’t know how fast it will spread or how serious its consequences will be, is one of the...Read More »

Emerging diseases: Check online resources regularly to stay prepared

Inside Accreditation & Quality
March 16, 2020
Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Check CMS and CDC online information regularly to keep on top of updated guidance when emerging diseases such as the 2019 novel coronavirus become...Read More »

National emergency declared over COVID-19 coronavirus; 1135 waivers now in play

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 13, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety

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HHS releases final interoperability rules

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 10, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

"Americans will now have electronic access to their health information on their smartphone if they choose," said ONC...Read More »

Use these checklists to stay ahead of promised COVID-19 focus during surveys

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 10, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Download checklists provided by CMS and the CDC to review your infectious disease preparedness plans as CMS signals again that it expects...Read More »

BREAKING: (COVID-19) CMS says primary survey focus will be on infection control preparedness

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 10, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

CMS ordered its state and regional surveyors to suspend “non-emergency inspections across the country” to allow “inspectors to turn their focus on...Read More »

HHS Unveils Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden for Clinicians

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 3, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The federal government has released its long-awaited plan to...Read More »

Verma Raps Accrediting Organizations’ ‘Glaring Conflict of Interest’

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 3, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, March 2020

Inside Accreditation & Quality
March 2, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

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

Becoming a High-Reliability Organization Through Shared Learning of Safety Events

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
February 25, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Nearly 20 years after the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report To Err Is Human, healthcare providers look to methodologies used in...Read More »

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