The Joint Commission is the latest healthcare heavy-hitter to call for better protection of healthcare workers, recently announcing the creation of Sentinel Event Alert 59, which addresses violence—physical and verbal—against healthcare workers. About 75% of workplace assaults occur in the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 9
Hospitals must continue to meet the Conditions of Participation outlined in Interpretive Guidelines in Appendix A of the CMS' State Operations Manual (SOM), notes Frank Ruelas, a patient safety professional and Health...
Has your organization baked HIPAA myths into its compliance program? If you’ve fallen for one of the common HIPAA myths below, your program needs another look.
Myth 1: “The practice is so small, the U.S. Department of Health and...
Using a laundry list or a fragmented privileging system is an extremely inefficient way of complying with FPPE/OPPE requirements, often synonymous with attempting to fit a square peg in a round hole. This is true even when utilizing a privileging system that includes both core/bundle privileging...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 8
New Jersey has two types of “surgery centers.” Of the 300 registered surgery centers, about half are traditional licensed ambulatory surgical centers (ASC). They fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health. The other half are registered physician surgical practices, known as “one-...