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By: Matt Phillion, April 20, 2009
Reports from the field indicate that validation surveys by state surveyors on behalf of the CMS are happening with greater frequency in 2009. It could be that CMS is requesting more of these surveys to be ready to review the Joint Commission's soon-to-be-submitted applications for continued deeming authority.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, April 20, 2009
State agencies that license and discipline doctors in California and Florida are among those with the worst track records in protecting patients from seriously substandard care, according to today's report from Public Citizen, a national consumer advocacy group based in Washington, DC.
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By: Scott Wallask, for HealthLeaders Media, April 20, 2009
Last Thursday, Diana Hendel, CEO of Long Beach (CA) Memorial Medical Center, had the unenviable task of flanking the city's mayor and police chief in a televised press conference to discuss a murder-suicide at the hospital earlier that day. Hendel took the role of promising the public that the medical center—like other healthcare facilities, a pillar of the community—was still a safe place to go.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, April 20, 2009
The fear of layoffs is prompting more employees to use their health benefits while they still have a job. This stepped-up plan participation comes even as companies are shifting the mounting costs for health benefits onto the backs of employees, according to a new survey.
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By: Heather Comak, April 20, 2009
Although the general principles of what goes into creating a culture of safety are the same at small and large hospitals, both types of facilities face different hurdles when addressing the topic.
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