Category: Government Regulations

Government Regulations

Philadelphia’s Jefferson Health Wins ECRI Safety Excellence Award

ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Patient Safety Organization have recognized Jefferson Health for designing an integrated safety management system.

Government Regulations

Joint Commission to Require Staff That Interact with Organizations to Be Fully Vaccinated by October 18

The Joint Commission announces that it will require all employees who travel to healthcare organizations for surveys, reviews, and other onsite activities to be fully vaccinated by October 18.

Government Regulations

Joint Commission’s Mills to AAMI: Use Common Sense for Alternative Equipment Maintenance

AAMI staffers scrambled at the last minute to provide enough room for attendees at George Mills' annual address to AAMI conference attendees. On his docket this year: infection prevention, endoscope reprocessing, and, of course, the ins and outs of the alternative equipment maintenance program.

Accreditation

TriMedx Completes Acquisition of Aramark’s Healthcare Technologies Business

Indianapolis-based Trimedx, which provides clinical asset management and clinical engineering services, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Aramark’s Healthcare Technologies (HCT) business. The finalization of the acquisition comes roughly two months after TriMedx announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aramark’s HCT business.

ECRI Institute

National Leaders Collaborate on COVID-19 Lessons for Healthcare Value Analysis Teams

Independent patient safety organization ECRI and the Association for Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals have partnered on a report that outlines key supply chain lessons and important risk mitigation strategies learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joint Commission

Application Now Open for New Award Recognizing Improvements in Healthcare Disparities

The Bernard J. Tyson National Award for Excellence in Pursuit of Healthcare Equity, a new award program from The Joint Commission and Kaiser Permanente, is now accepting applications through July 8, 2021.

NFPA

CABMET Fall Meeting

Oct 17, 2013 CABMET Fall Meeting University Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion, 12605 E. 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045