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As of January, Joint Commission surveyors no longer notify hospitals when they will arrive; their survey approach has changed as well.
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Surveyors enter a hospital with a unique set of priorities that relate to the hospital's needs and attributes. But as infection control issues rise to the forefront, employee health may receive a greater focus.
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It's official: The CDC has recommended collecting declination statements from health care workers who do not receive the flu vaccine, along with other measures to improve flu vaccination rates.
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In a unanimous vote, described as a "slam-dunk" by one committee member, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that hospitals and ambulatory care settings offer free pertussis vaccination to health care workers.
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One of the most effective strategies for enhancing ED throughput at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem,NC, ...
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The voluntary posting by Massachusetts hospitals of their staffing plans - a first-in-the-nation initiative - has sparked "wonderful feedback" on what the effort has meant to patients and hospitals,...
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With a recent study highlighting the lack of surge capacity in the nation's emergency departments (EDs) and concerns about how health care facilities would respond in the event of pandemic flu,...
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patient flow standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) ...
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With eight design teams set to participate in a wide-ranging revenue cycle initiative at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center in Little Rock, ...
