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Multidrug-resistant infections can cost $4,600 per hospital stay

Infections linked to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) cause a significant cost burden for U.S. healthcare, recent research shows.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

Sentinel event statistics for 2018

The Joint Commission (TJC) has released its full sentinel event data for 2018. Published annually in the March edition of Perspectives, TJC uses these statistics to determine areas of concern for the upcoming year.

Depression screening and treatment

In the January edition of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, a study was published by Ann M. Schaeffer, DNP, CNM, and Diana Jolles, PhD, CNM, at the Harrisonburg Community Health Center (HCHC) in Virginia. Set in a diverse city in Virginia, researchers showcased ways to overcome cultural and language barriers to depression treatment.


 

Webinar

Are You Ready? Targeting Hot Spots in Hospital Compliance

Webinar  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


 

Editor's Picks

The CMS Conditions of Participation and Interpretive Guideline, 2019

April 9, 2019


 

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