This tool, a patient safety expectations badge, is part of an overall contract between leadership and staff members to help build a better culture of safety in their organization. "The first time...

Editor's note: Patrick Pianezza, MHA, currently works for VEP Healthcare as the manager of patient experience, overseeing patient experience and special projects across VEP's vast networks of emergenc...

Every year, CMS releases an annual financial report. Within that report, the agency provides a review of Medicare's oversight of accrediting organizations. It has become a Briefings on The Joint Commi...

The Joint Commission’s list of top compliance issues in 2014 features some familiar Environment of Care and Life Safety standards....

The Joint Commission seeks public comment on a set of draft patient blood management performance measures....

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The Joint Commission has revised its post-survey processes for rendering decisions of Accreditation with Follow-up Survey and Preliminary Denial of Accreditation....

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The Joint Commission this week released prepublication standards for a new certification program for perinatal healthcare services....

Accreditation specialists have a new tool to use when advocating for compliance with requirements of both their organization's chosen accrediting organization as well as CMS: money. With the advent of...