Just in time for the holidays, CMS is offering the gift of a newly revised State Operations Manual (SOM), one of the first significant overhauls in more than a year, especially for hospitals. Expect updated standards from accrediting organizations (AOs) to follow.

As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. 

Holiday Schedule

The next issue of Accreditation Insider won't come out until January 2. After that, we'll return to our regular schedule. 

Happy New Year!

Brian 

While no one would say that we’re close to that goal, a lot of progress has been made—progress that’s saved many lives.

7% of physicians and 11% of nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants had experienced sexual harassment. 

Now that we’re in January, we’ve asked Mary Voutt-Goos, director of patient safety initiatives at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, to give her take on the past 10 years, as well as what’s in store for patient safety.

Known in the industry as e-consultations, the telemedicine platforms help connect PCPs with specialists to help improve care management and care coordination for patients.