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HFAP updated 13 of its ligature standards to align CMS this spring (see story below.) Since then, CMS has come out with a new ligature memo, but HFAP announced it won't be revising their standards aga...

Surveyors from CMS and The Joint Commission are taking an interest in dialysis compliance. Which means you should, too....

With a new flu season right around the corner, now is the time for hospitals and other healthcare facilities to consider implementing a mandatory vaccination program for seasonal influenza. Some emplo...

Accreditation 101: A Toolkit for Accreditation Professionals provides a road map to the new specialist’s education and orientation, with plenty of guidance along the way. Written in clear, acce...

Expect CMS surveyors to be referring to recommendations set out by The Joint Commission last fall when looking for ligature risk and other environmental hazards in the push to make hospitals and psyc...

Last October, the hospital was placed under immediate jeopardy following the death of a patient with dementia. After being admitted from a nursing home, the patient was given 10 times the maximum dail...

Rosemary Grant, BSN, RN, CPHQ, is the sepsis coordinator at Harborview. She says her facility chose to focus on sepsis detection because the condition is “prevalent, expensive, and deadly.&rdquo...

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This March, a team of experts working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a study on antibiotic prescription habits in outpatient facilities. The study, published in th...