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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to notify clinicians, public health officials, and potential travele...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

DNV has recently released NIAHO® Accreditation Requirements, Interpretive Guidelines and Surveyor Guidance for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospi...

Sources:
  • National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (DNV)
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

On February 25, the White House issued an Executive Order, Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionab...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced that, effective immediately, the inpatient hospice care survey team is being restructured to include a Life S...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Hospice

The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced a new accreditation participation requirement (APR) element of performance (EP) for their assisted living, be...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Assisted Living,
  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient
FDA Updates
03/04/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Endovascular System Recall: Philips Removes...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

AAAHC is seeking feedback from health care professionals and stakeholders on proposed revisions to the v44 Standards for their ambulatory health care ...

Sources:
  • Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Ambulatory Care

StayAlert! recently reported on the measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico. The Texas Department of State Health Services is now reporting the first...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
02/26/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Lyons ReadyCare and Sysco Imperial Frozen S...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) has released several resources to assist health care facil...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Telehealth,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
  • Rural Health Clinics

CARF International is seeking comments on proposed standards for a new Integrated Primary Care specialty designation for Behavioral Health, Child and ...

Sources:
  • Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
Relevant To:
  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analys...

Sources:
  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has rescinded previous guidance entitled “HHS Notice and Gu...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas. According to the Texas DSHS: ...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
02/18/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Potassium Chloride Injection, 10 mEq and 20...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations