Briefings on Accreditation and Quality With the renewed focus on ligature and self-harm, facilities need to undergo a complete reassessment of the physical environment where patients with behavioral or mental health problems are cared for. That goes especially for emergency departments. Annually, 460,000 emergency department visits occur following cases of self-harm, and those patients are six times more likely to make another suicide attempt in the future.  Almost two-thirds of the hospitals surveyed in 2017 were found noncompliant in at least one—and possibly many more—of the top 10 most challenging standards for hospitals. The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program—also commonly known as HFAP—will be keeping its name. The longtime accrediting organization had originally planned to take the name of the Accreditation Association for Hospitals/Health Systems (AAHHS), which acquired HFAP in 2015 from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
Marketing Spotlight Eyewash stations continue to confuse and confound healthcare organizations (HCO). Not only can they pose infection control and safety issues for workers, they can be a point of contention between HCOs and surveyors, who often seem to work by different sets of rules. During this webinar, expert John R. Rosing will explain what regulators like CMS, The Joint Commission, and OSHA expect from eyewash stations.
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