Issue Browser | .accreditationqualitycenter

181

ARTICLES IN Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - VOLUME 18 ISSUE 16

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

CMS proposes COPs for new rural emergency hospital provider type

June 30, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS has published a proposed list of 23 Conditions of Participation for the new rural emergency hospital provider type. The same Federal Register posting on Thursday, June 30, also included revisions ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

More than 5K nurses sign up for free burnout prevention program

December 19, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

More than 5,000 nurses have signed up for a new free nurse burnout prevention program in which the American Nurses Association (ANA) is encouraging its members to participate. ANA has partnered with S...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

CMS updates IC interpretive guidelines for hospitals

July 06, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS issued six new survey tags as well as other updates to its online manual of interpretive guidelines for Conditions of Participation (COP) on infection prevention and control and antibiotic steward...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Monkeypox: CDC updates guidance for medical waste handling

July 08, 2022

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

The CDC has updated its guidance on infection control of monkeypox for healthcare settings, reminding providers that any case suspected of being of the more deadly Congo Basin clade requires more exte...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Mastering the tricky act of transforming population health with technology

December 19, 2025

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology

Albert Tomchaney, MD, became the first chief medical officer of the Indiana-based Franciscan Alliance, which operates as Franciscan Health, in 2008. He has managed the physician practices for a time a...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

CMS strengthens guidance on EMTALA and emergency abortions

July 12, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

CMS is again reminding hospitals of their obligations under federal law to help pregnant women in medical emergencies, but with the added emphasis that care must be offered “irrespective of any state ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

One more time, with feeling: PHE for COVID-19 renewed

July 15, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The COVID-19 public health emergency is extended through October 13. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

CMS proposes to cut audio-only telehealth coverage

December 19, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed dropping Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services once the Covid-19 public health emergency is over. The proposal imperils ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Establish monkeypox infection control team, monitor community outbreaks

July 25, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Establish a monkeypox emerging infectious disease team now that all but six states are reporting confirmed cases of the disease, which has been declared a global health emergency. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Researchers find decreased in-hospital adverse events from 2010 to 2019

December 19, 2025

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

In the past decade, the annual rates for in-hospital adverse events decreased for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, major surgical procedures, and all other conditions, a new rese...

CMS proposes COPs for new rural emergency hospital provider type

More than 5K nurses sign up for free burnout prevention program

CMS updates IC interpretive guidelines for hospitals

Monkeypox: CDC updates guidance for medical waste handling

Mastering the tricky act of transforming population health with technology

CMS strengthens guidance on EMTALA and emergency abortions

One more time, with feeling: PHE for COVID-19 renewed

CMS proposes to cut audio-only telehealth coverage

Establish monkeypox infection control team, monitor community outbreaks

Researchers find decreased in-hospital adverse events from 2010 to 2019

Resource/w tools selected

STET CMS & tools

OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

Chapter 2: Chapter Format and Tracer Planning