The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care awarded Sutter Sierra Surgery Center its orthopedic certification for total joint replacement.

Three accreditation experts weighed on ASC accreditation challenges and opportunities in interviews with Becker's ASC Review.

In the last ten years, and most especially the last four or five years, surveyors are casting a hard look at the condition of older ambulatory surgery centers from the parking lot to the medical gas closet. If you are the owner of one of these older centers built in the eighties or nineties, you need to proactive in preparing your center for a positive survey. That may prove to be a challenge.

Medline and HOTB Software Solutions partnered to develop Surgical Center Toolbox, a program that will help ASCs navigate accreditation compliance processes.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care appointed four officers and elected three members to serve on its board of directors in 2020.

  The Joint Commission released the 2020 patient safety goals for ambulatory healthcare.

ASC management company Pinnacle III offered the following tips for ASCs preparing for an accreditation survey from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

The American College of Surgeons accredited Dover, N.H.-based Wentworth-Douglass Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery as a comprehensive center, denoting the organization's high-quality care initiatives.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore and researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago are offering a free program for ambulatory care practices on reducing unnecessary antibiotic use.

Infection prevention, safe injection practices, privileging, credentialing and documentation management were the most common deficiencies cited in ambulatory quality studies last year, according to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care 2019 quality roadmap.

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities appointed Monda Shaver, RN, BSN, as its chief regulatory affairs officer.

Fitzmaurice Hand Institute and Endotech Surgery Center in Scottsdale, Ariz., received dual accreditation from Surgical Review Corp.

Infection prevention, safe injection practices, privileging, credentialing and documentation management were the most common deficiencies cited in ambulatory quality studies in 2018, according to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care 2019 quality roadmap.

The following ASCs recently achieved accreditation for the first time or were reaccredited:

The Joint Commission appointed Herman McKenzie as its new director of the department of engineering for its standards interpretation group.

USP 800 standards for handling dangerous medications safely are scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1.

The Joint Commission shared the most challenging standards for ASCs, as well as tips on how to comply with them.

The Joint Commission appointed Raji Thomas, DNP, as its new director of the office of quality and patient safety.

Facility managers at accredited ASCs should understand their center's unique operational upkeep issues and maintenance requirements, according to FacilitiesNet.

Three accreditation experts weighed on ASC accreditation challenges and opportunities in interviews with Becker's ASC Review.