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HFAP: Problems Continue With Physical Environment, IC, Quality
In late August, the oldest of the accrediting organizations released its 2020 HFAP Quality Review, highlighting the problems and trends identified by surveyors during on-site visits in 2019 at acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, laboratories, and ambulatory surgery centers.
 

News & Analysis
New 4-Part Plan Proposed to Boost Clinician Wellness, Address Burnout
Burnout is one of the top challenges facing clinicians and other healthcare workers nationwide. In a report published last week by The Physicians Foundation, 30% of more than 2,300 physicians surveyed cited feelings of hopelessness or having no purpose due to changes in their practices related to the coronavirus pandemic. Research published in September 2018 indicates that nearly half of physicians across the country are experiencing burnout symptoms.
Coronavirus: Virtual Hospital at Home Program Used for Low-Acuity Patients
Although there are therapeutics for treating seriously ill COVID-19 patients in the inpatient setting—remdesivir and dexamethasone—there are no therapeutics that have been found effective in treating coronavirus patients in the outpatient setting. Given that limitation, monitoring low-acuity COVID-19 patients at home is a viable option.
Study: COVID-19 Death Count Doesn't Capture 'True Mortality Effects'
A study by researchers at the University of South Florida and published in the Journal of Public Health suggests that measuring "years of life lost" is a better metric than deaths, because it accounts for the range of ages of the people who've died from COVID-19.
PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 12 - Health IT and Quality Improvement
On episode 12 of PSQH: The Podcast, host Jay Kumar talks to Marc Probst, chief information officer of ELLKAY, about health IT trends and how COVID-19 is spurring innovation.
Upcoming webinar

Infection Prevention and OSHA Compliance in the Time of COVID-19
Everyone in healthcare, whether frontline staff or providers of ancillary services, must consistently implement infection prevention measures against COVID-19 and other pathogens. How do we achieve compliance with OSHA principles and the practice of infection prevention? This October 20 presentation will focus on the OSHA hierarchy of controls and how to layer protection for all that enter our facilities.
 

Industry Events

Monday, 10/5 - ASHE 2020 Annual Conference (virtual)

Monday, 10/12 - ASHRM 2020 Annual Conference (virtual)

Wednesday, 10/14 - AHIMA20: Health Data and Information Conference (virtual)

Friday, 10/30 - ABQAURP's 43rd Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference

Sunday, 12/6 - IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
 

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The CMS Compliance Crosswalk, 2020 Edition

This book shows you how to comply with each Condition of Participation (CoP) set forth by CMS and highlights which requirements from The Joint Commission and other accrediting organizations correspond to individual CoPs.

Using a table format, the book takes readers through each CoP, explains how accreditation standards differ from the CMS requirements, and offers tips and documentation suggestions for survey preparation.

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