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On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Long Term Care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published joint letters t...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to notify healthcare providers, laboratories, and public health...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Urgent Care,
- Dialysis Facilities,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Clinical Lab,
- Pharmacy,
- Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
09/01/2023The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: FDA Releases New Augmented Reality and Virtu...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published new recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on th...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health update to share new information with clinicians, public health authoriti...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Urgent Care,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Clinical Lab,
- Pharmacy,
- Rural Health Clinics
Antifungal-resistant Ringworm Infections
08/28/2023The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging clinicians to be aware of antifungal-resistant Ringworm infections. Ringworm, also ...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Assisted Living,
- Urgent Care,
- Dialysis Facilities,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
- Clinical Lab,
- Pharmacy,
- Hospice,
- Rural Health Clinics
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements to help all hospitals, regardless of...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research has recently published the results of a study evaluating common contributing factors to diagnostic erro...
- Miscellaneous
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
08/24/2023The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Draeger Recalls Carina Sub-Acute Care Venti...
- Food and Drug Administration
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently identified instances of hospices certifying patients for hospice care when they...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Hospice
The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced revisions to medication compounding standards for their Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals accreditation...
- The Joint Commission
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced revisions to its Hospital Accreditation program to better align standards with U.S. Centers for Medicare &...
- The Joint Commission
- Hospitals
FDA Updates
08/18/2023The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Abiomed Recalls the Labeling for Impella RP...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) toolkit for improving surgical care and recovery addresses common surgical complications such as...
- The Joint Commission,
- Miscellaneous
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals