Tag: Accreditation
DNV offers a new accreditation choice
There's a new accrediting organization in town, and some hospitals are choosing it as an alternative to the Joint Commission. In 2008, DNV Healthcare, Cincinnati, Ohio, became the first new hospital accrediting body in 30 years granted "deeming authority" by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). That gives…
Editorial
Two weeks after the Joint Commission surveyors left in December 2006, the president of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Peter Slavin, MD, sat down and wrote a letter about the findings. It's not that he was boasting. In fact, he candidly said the survey was a "wakeup call," and surveyors "had…
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