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This chapter will review what healthcare regulation is, why you need to know it, who the regulatory bodies are, and what and how standards of care get written. We will discuss what a regulatory survey entails, the role you can play to help your organization prepare, how to talk to these mythical creatures (no special language certification needed), and how to support your organization’s continued survey readiness so that you are not scrambling 6 months, 2 weeks, and 1 day before they arrive.
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San Martin, L. (2021). Regulatory and Accreditation. In: Roberts-Turner, R., Shah, R.K. (eds) Pocket Guide to Quality Improvement in Healthcare . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70780-4_6
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