Starting with the next edition of The Joint Commission's Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals to be published...Read More »
It makes perfect sense-if hospitals standardize their clinical operations through accreditation standards, they will...Read More »
Many states protect medical staff peer review information from discovery, meaning that a plaintiff's attorney cannot use it...Read More »
Physicians and healthcare organizations that were on the fence about participating in an accountable care organization (ACO) may...Read More »
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is taking a stand to protect the identities of healthcare organizations, physicians,...Read More »
There was a time when medical staff standards seemed simpler and they were all located in one place: the Medical Staff chapter of...Read More »
In an effort to cut $33 million from its budget, Washington state has recently passed a law that limits Medicaid patients to...Read More »
Over the past several years, healthcare quality has come under increased scrutiny. In 2001, the Institute of Medicine's (IOM)...Read More »
The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) was created to provide immunity from monetary damages to hospitals and...Read More »
Although patient safety organizations (PSO) have been around for a couple of years, for many medical staffs, questions still...Read More »
