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Background Checks Boost Safety Efforts
As a sleep care provider, patients trust you to deliver excellent services in a safe environment. Performing background checks on employees confirms your commitment to ensuring patients receive secure, quality care.
Home Infusion Therapy: Preparing for Survey Interviews Can Ease Concerns
Your survey for ACHC Home Health Accreditation is an independent assessment that evaluates your agency’s compliance with recognized national standards for quality and safety.
FDA and CDC Provide Updates for Monkeypox, COVID-19, and Ebola Testing
Federal agencies offer guidance on collecting, transporting, and shipping specimens for Ebola testing and ensuring authorized, valid, and ever-advancing tests for monkeypox and COVID-19 are available for use.
Critical Access Hospitals: Patient Comfort and Safety Can Be Found in the Air
Keeping patients comfortable and safe is part of high-quality health care. And that goes beyond medicines and procedures. Maintaining appropriate temperature, humidity, and airflow makes the environment comfortable and helps prevent infection. Your organization can use best practices to develop a monitoring program.
Home Health: Preparing for Survey Interviews Can Ease Concerns
Your survey for ACHC Home Health Accreditation is an independent assessment that evaluates your agency’s compliance with recognized national standards for quality and safety.
Understanding Emergency Readiness
Just a quick look at social media or at a news resource can make you keenly aware of the threats healthcare workers and patients could face from Mother Nature and human-caused incidents. With epidemics, extreme weather, active shooters, and so many other dangers, the best chance for a successful outcome will come with preparation.
Home Care: Do Your Part for a Successful Survey
Your survey for ACHC Home Care Accreditation is a collaborative effort between the Surveyor and your agency. Each is responsible for performing certain duties to collectively ensure a successful survey experience.
Hospice: Do Your Part for a Successful Survey
Your survey for ACHC Hospice Accreditation is a collaborative effort between the Surveyor and your agency. Each is responsible for performing certain duties to collectively ensure a successful survey experience.
PCAB: Do Your Part for a Successful Survey
Your survey for ACHC PCAB Accreditation is a collaborative effort between the Surveyor and your organization. Each is responsible for performing certain duties to collectively ensure a successful survey experience.
Home Infusion Therapy: Do Your Part for a Successful Survey
Your survey for ACHC Home Infusion Therapy Accreditation is a collaborative effort between the Surveyor and your agency. Each is responsible for performing certain duties to collectively ensure a successful survey experience.
Pharmacy: Do Your Part for a Successful Survey
Your survey for ACHC Pharmacy Accreditation is a collaborative effort between the Surveyor and your organization. Each is responsible for performing certain duties to collectively ensure a successful survey experience.
Understanding Emergency Readiness
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) Standards Manuals address emergency preparedness for deemed and non-deemed ambulatory surgery centers.
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