National Nurses Week – Culture of Safety, It Starts with YOU - begins each year on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale's birthday. In 1998, May 8 was...
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It has been almost 34 years since I graduated from nursing school. So many things have changed over the time. The number of hospitals and hospital beds grew and now...
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The Joint Commission (TJC) has published a list of 131 requirements from its Hospital program that have been deleted effective July 1, 2016. According to TJC, these requirements are being...
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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), in collaboration with Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC), recently released an Alert to provide information on...
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The CMS Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter offers guidance to health care providers about common billing errors. This newsletter is designed to provide education on how to avoid common billing errors...
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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a National Pain Strategy, outlining the federal government’s first coordinated...
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Every year, the World Health Organization selects a priority area of global public health concern as the theme for World Health Day. The theme for World Health Day 2016 is...
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MCN Healthcare can help!  MCN's Policy Library includes more than 18,000 customizable policies and procedures authored by MCN clinical staff. Every MCN Policy Library document is up-to-date and instantly downloadable. The...
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The HHS Office for Civil Rights has announced the commencement of the next phase of audits of covered entities and their business associates to determine compliance with the HIPAA Privacy,...
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Patient Safety Awareness Week was last week. Did you receive StayAlert! notices in your inbox? If not this is what you missed! Monday March 14 - Patient Safety Hot Topic –...
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