Last year HHS established the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force following the passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. The Task Force was composed of government and private industry leaders who...
The Joint Commission (TJC) recently published clarifications to four Life Safety Code requirements.
Annual Door Inspection (EC.02.03.05)
NFPA 80-2010, Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives, and NFPA 105-2010 Standard for...
Each year, approximately 23 million surgical procedures are performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Surgical procedures in ASCs can be more cost effective and more convenient for patients and families.
Recently...
May 2017 marks the 30th anniversary for MCN Healthcare (MCN). MCN began with two individuals (MCN founders) with a vision for a regulatory compliance consulting firm that led to the...
May 5, 2017 has been designated World Hand Hygiene Day. As part of a major global effort to improve hand hygiene in health care, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced...
By Judith Graham | April 26, 2017 | Kaiser Health News
Acute shortages of home health aides and nursing assistants are cropping up across the country, threatening care for people with serious disabilities...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is alerting healthcare professionals to be on the lookout for Candida auris in their patients. Candida auris is an emerging fungus that presents...
By Susan Jaffe MARCH 13, 2017, Kaiser Health News
Under a new federal law, hospitals across the country must now alert Medicare patients when they are getting observation care and why they were not...
ECRI Institute recently released their Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations 2017. According to ECRI, the top 10 patient safety concerns, “support healthcare organizations in their efforts to...
By Sandra G. Boodman, March 15, 2017, Kaiser Health News
When Donna Helen Crisp, a 59-year-old nursing professor, entered a North Carolina teaching hospital for a routine hysterectomy in 2007, she expected to come...