Bryan Knowles

The Joint Commission provides inspections for CMS accreditation for medial organizations...

Overview of Laboratory Accreditation in the United States Clinical laboratories in the United States operate within a layered (and often confusing) regulatory and accreditation environment designed to ensure analytical accuracy, patient safety, and clinical reliability. Unlike hospitals, which typically hold a single institutional accreditation, laboratories may be regulated and accredited through a combination of federal requirements, private accrediting organizations, and state-level...

Defining Hemophilia and Normal Hemostasis Hemophilia (sometimes spelled haemophilia in the British style) is an inherited bleeding disorder characterized by impaired blood clot formation due to deficiency or dysfunction of specific coagulation factors. There are several "types" of hemophilia: Type A, Type B, von Willibrand's, and others that may be either inherited or acquired. Under normal circumstances, hemostasis (basically, the ability to stop bleeding once started) is a tightly...