What do compliance surveyors see during a building tour? Pretty much everything.

Surveyors who review physical environments are sophisticated in spotting existing problem areas within health care facilities both because they know where to look and because their “fresh eyes” have never seen those areas before.

While many health care facility professionals maintain eagle-eyed surveillance of their physical environment at all times, some other health care facility staff members have reported that they did not see what a surveyor observed until the surveyor brought it to their attention during a building tour. Continue Reading.

Health Facilities Management published “How to think like a Compliance Surveyor” by David Stymiest in their March 2018 issue.

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