In this issue: CMS: Agency tells its state surveyors to use TJC recommendations on ligature risk as guide Patient rights: Video may help improve language access for LEP, hard-of-hearing patien...

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...

In this issue: Survey readiness: Survey looming? Get out in front of known ligature or fire risk problems with C-suite Survey readiness: Expect door repairs to take time as CMS requirements cr...

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...