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exploring the role of accreditation and external evaluation of health care facilities and organizations
– Select language –العربية中文françaisрусскийespañolportuguês 14 October 2022 | Technical document Overview This document gives a wide view of accreditation as a health care quality intervention by using a broad evidence base of accreditation and of other similar external evaluations, quality interventions and health systems research, combined with global interdisciplinary experience and expertise. It considers the linkages …
CO Architects Rides Health Care and Education Facilities Boom to Grow During Pandemic
For Miracle Mile-based CO Architects, which specializes in the design and renovation of health care and education facilities, the pandemic proved an unexpected boon, ushering in a period of rapid growth in work and staff. Since the pandemic began, CO (pronounced “Ko”) Architects has expanded its staff by one-third, to 160 employees, prompting a move …
Kansas mental health facilities strained by workforce shortages
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) -As the demand for mental health resources grew during the COVID-19 pandemic, providers are facing stressful situations as they try to meet the needs of a rising number of patients while dealing with workforce shortages. Last week, Robyn Chadwick, President of Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph detailed to Kansas lawmakers what the …
Rosen Announces More Than $1.2 Million in Funding to Improve Rural Nevada and Tribal Health Care Facilities – Jacky Rosen
This Grant Funding Was Made Possible Thanks To The American Rescue Plan, Which Senator Rosen Helped Pass WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement announcing more than $1.2 million coming to Nevada from the Emergency Rural Health Care Grants Program, made possible by funding from the American Rescue Plan …
Nurses plan strike at NorCal Sutter Health facilities on Monday
NURSES AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE PREPARING TO STRIKE TOMORROW. THIS IS AT 15 SUTTER HEALTH FACILITIES ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE ONE DAY STRIKE INVOLVES MORE THAN 8,000 WORKERS. THE CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION SAYS SUTTER REFUSES TO ADDRESS THEIR PROPOSALS ABOUT SAFE STAFFING AND HEALTH PROTECTIONS. THE UNION SAYS WORKERS HAVE ENBE IN NEGOTIATISON SINCE …
Hoskin, Warner sign revised Public Health, Wellness Act to build drug treatment facilities | News
TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner officially enacted a revised “Public Health and Wellness Fund Act” during a signing ceremony Thursday at the Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center in Tahlequah. Hoskin thanked the tribe’s behavioral health team, many of whom were present for the signing of the …
UN agencies: Stop attacks on health facilities
BERLIN — Three U.N. agencies are calling for an immediate end to attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine, calling them “an act of unconscionable cruelty.” In a joint statement Sunday, the U.N. Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the U.N. Population Fund said that “horrific attacks are killing and causing serious injuries to …
217M Awarded to Eligible Facilities
Governor Brian P. Kemp awards more than $217 million to hospitals, assisted living communities, and personal care homes with 25 or more beds to help prevent and mitigate the spread and effects of COVID-19. The grant funding to licensed hospitals totals $170 million – up to $950,000 per facility – and the grant funding for …
BREAKING: Masks optional in Arlington County facilities starting Thursday | ARLnow
Leaves and a face mask on the ground in Crystal City (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott) Arlington County is making masks optional in county facilities — from community centers to County Board meetings — starting tomorrow (Thursday). The county made the announcement this afternoon, following the lead of Arlington Public Schools, which made masks optional …
Two Mississippi mental health facilities heading to court
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Staffing shortages at state-run mental health facilities seem to be at the root of a fight between Disability Rights Mississippi and The Mississippi Department of Mental Health, who are headed to court after the mental health agency withheld requested records. “We’ve seen some of these isolated incidents with some anonymous tip …