Oct 15, 2008 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory Pathology
When it comes to hospital accreditation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently disrupted the status quo in at least three ways. First, last month it approved Norway-based Det Norske Veritas (DNV) as a hospital accreditation program in the United States. Significantly, this is the first new hospital accreditation organization in the U.S. in 40 years. Second, by taking this action, CMS is bringing the hospital industry closer to the use of ISO 9001 quality management...
