Posted: July 28, 2025Jeffrey Reses, R.Ph., HDDP has been with ACHC since 2011, first as a surveyor and now as a Senior Pharmacy Clinical Liaison. He has over 43 years of experience as a pharmacist in a variety of settings including retail, infusion, specialty,...
Posted: July 22, 2025Amy Antonacci, MSN, RN, is a Senior Standards Interpretation Specialist for ACHC Hospital Accreditation (Acute Care and Critical Access). She also serves as an ACHC Surveyor. Amy has been a nurse for 35 years, and her passion is patient safety. We...
Posted: July 3, 2025It’s no secret that we believe our experts are the best around. When publications reach out to ACHC for guest articles, the question isn’t if we can contribute; it’s a question of which ACHC expert do we choose? As part of our longstanding series...
Posted: July 3, 2025We never miss an opportunity to provide education, so we were thrilled to be invited to appear on SleepWorld Magazine’s podcast. The question isn’t if we can contribute; it’s a question of which ACHC expert do we choose? In this case, we chose...
Posted: May 30, 2025ACHC is proud to partner with Clearway Health to provide accreditation education and tips for compliance. We were thrilled to contribute a guest blog about the specialty pharmacy renewal process, and we knew immediately that ACHCU expert Karen...
Mastering Informed ConsentBy: Standards Interpretation Team Posted: April 8, 2025Questions posed during ACHCU’s monthly Coffee Chat live webinar often serve to reveal opportunities to extend education and develop additional resources for ACHC-accredited hospitals. In...
Safe pharmaceutical practices in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are essential to patient safety, regulatory compliance, and high standards of care. ACHC Standard stipulates that drug preparation and administration align with federal and state laws. This standard is...
The Rise of Hospital-Level In-Home Health Care: Trends, Benefits, and the FutureThe healthcare landscape is undergoing a significant transformation driven by the need to innovate and adapt to changing consumer preferences and economic pressures. A growing trend within...
Why Your Accreditation End Date MattersAchieving accreditation is regarded as one of the key benchmarks for measuring the quality of an organization. Once initial accreditation is achieved, it is not permanent and must be maintained and renewed to ensure continued...
Implementation Deadline Approaching for Adapting to Proficiency Testing RegulationsClinical laboratories produce test results that are crucial to providers’ decision-making in ensuring patients receive consistently high-quality care. How do laboratories ensure...