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Tuesday, July 2, 2019
 

News Headlines

NQF calls for quality improvement in Emergency Care
Source: Accreditation Insider

The group’s evidence-based recommendations are designed to provide healthcare organizations with standardized methods of measuring, evaluating, and improving emergency care and patient outcomes.

 

Inside Accreditation & Quality

2019 quality review highlights common problems with ligature risk, IC, fire safety
Source: Inside Accreditation & Quality

Ligature risk, building safety problems, and infection control were among the top problems identified by Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) surveyors last year, according to the recently published 2019 HFAP Quality Review.

The growing threat of tick bites and Lyme disease
Source: Patient Safety Monitor Journal

Reported cases of Lyme disease have tripled since the late 1990s as the tick population has swelled

 

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Brian Ward, Associate Editor

bward@hcpro.com