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Cost of sepsis readmissions exceeds $16,000 per patient

The annual estimated cost of sepsis readmissions is about half the annual cost of all four of the conditions in Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, recent research shows.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

Examine your dialysis space to ensure room to separate infectious patients

Hemodialysis is one of four areas The Joint Commission (TJC) says it’s increasing focus on during surveys. With this in mind, ensure that your hospital’s hemodialysis patients remain in clear view of staff while undergoing the procedure. In addition, make sure there’s enough space to separate patients with respiratory illnesses, fevers, fecal incontinence, or other infectious conditions.

Joint Commission and CIHQ respond to CMS conflict-of-interest concerns

TJC and the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) were among the first hospital AOs to have responses posted online as part of the public request for information posted in the Federal Register in mid-December.


 

Webinar Rebroadcast

Are You Ready? Targeting Hot Spots in Hospital Compliance

Webinar Rebroadcast
Presented on: Thursday, May 23, 2019, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern

Summary: In this three-hour virtual workshop, learn about the hot spots in hospital compliance in such areas as ligature risk, high-level disinfection and sterilization, titration and therapeutic duplication, sterile compounding and USP 797, management of dialysis programs (including infection control), training and competencies, and common problems within the environment of care and life safety.

Learn more: https://hcmarketplace.com/targeting-hot-spots-052319


 

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The CMS Conditions of Participation and Interpretive Guideline, 2019

March 19, 2019


 

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