Category: Quality

Eight hospitals have achieved The Joint Commission’s new health equity certification, which the accrediting organization rolled out in July.

The Joint Commission has published new guidelines for total hip and knee replacements as part of its ongoing revisions, which all take effect July 1.

Over the past five years, hospitals received fewer citations among a dozen categories, while two became more popular, according to CMS data obtained by Becker’s. 

An epidemiologist in Washington, D.C., called the World Health Organization’s new COVID-19 guideline “droplet dogma,” and other experts said it promotes disproven ideas, CIDRAP reported Jan. 26. 

The Joint Commission is cutting more than 200 standards across its accreditation programs, many of which will take effect July 1. 

The Joint Commission has updated guidelines for emergency management and ambulatory care, which will become effective July 1.

Among the 4,980 citations delivered to hospitals in 2023, the most common were for care in a safe setting deficiencies, according to CMS data.  

Between November 2022 and October 2023, an Intermountain Health hospital prevented 38 central line-associated bloodstream infections, equal to reducing incidences by 46%, according to Heidi Wald, MD. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center welcomed two health systems to its Stakeholders, Technology and Research Clinical Research Network. 

Hospital leaders across the country are gearing up to find new ways to tackle persistent issues like nurse retention and recruitment, how to navigate Medicare Advantage plan nuances, preparing to respond when communities are in crisis, standardizing an…