Joint Commission Will Begin Unannounced Surveys

Will you be ready for JCAHO's unannounced surveys in 2006?

Pancreatic cancer: will incremental advances begin to make a difference?

I t made no difference whether the pancreatic cancer patients received 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) plus leucovorin or gemcitabine after surgery: Overall survival, progressionfree survival, and quality of life were the same, according to the results of the European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer (ESPAC3) trial, published in the Sept. 8 Journal of the American Medical Association . But for clinician...

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The Joint Commission clarifies key compliance issues.

Clarification: Joint Commission expecations during IQCP transition.

the “Quality System Assessment for Nonwaived Testing” (QSA) chapter of the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Laboratory and Point-of-Care Testing (CAMLAB) has been changed. The Joint Commission had added Note 2 to the Rationale for Standard QSA.02.04.01 to communicate its expectations during the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP) educa...