After reading this article, you will be able to: Define the rationale behind proposed NPSG.16.01.01 Identify appropriate tests, treatments, and procedures to assess Understand how overuse of tests, p...

True or false: "A" EPs without an MOS require at least four months of monitoring....

The Joint Commission has announced that to Illinois nursing homes have become the first facilities accredited under the organization’s new Disease-Specific Care Certification for Nursing Homes...

If you haven’t already, please make sure you join in on the first benchmarking survey of 2012 on recent survey observations....

After reading this article, you will be able to: Describe the most problematic EPs among the Record of Care standards in the past year Identify top risks hospitals face in the area of Infect...

True or False: Active members of the medical staff are not allowed to participate as members of the governing board. ...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Identify areas of infection control targeted recently by CMS Describe how these changes impact emergency departments Discuss how the late...

Most hospitals have created some sort of campaign to raise levels of hand hygiene compliance-from creating signs and uploading sing-along viral videos to deploying "secret shoppers" around t...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Describe methods on how to incorporate the Survey Activity Guide into survey preparation Discuss ways to combine a pre-survey agenda with the...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Describe changes to The Joint Commission’s medication reconciliation standards Discuss new requirements arising from The Joint Commiss...