In prior posts, I wrote about the importance of having compliance management software that manages licenses, incidents, and tasks. Add to those critical elements a fourth: learning management. Some organizations today are turning to one system for achieving Continuous Program Compliance and managing learning in the process.
By Craig Frost When people raise the topic of accreditation, the word often causes anxiety. But why? Accreditation is a way to prove a pharmacy meets a baseline of competencies. To become accredited, a pharmacy will have policies and procedures in place, certain equipment, and capabilities in its facility to meet the standards of the accrediting body. Accreditation can also be a prerequisite for payment. For instance, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services turn to the Joint Commission, a deemed status provider for accreditation, to accredit healthcare provider organizations. If a pharmacy fails accreditation by the Joint Commission or other deemed status provider, then CMS must consider whether to exclude the pharmacy. CMS may send a Medicare surveyor to take a closer look. So, in this case, accreditation, or the lack thereof, can get… Read More »Four tools for taking the anxiety out of accreditation