For the first time, The Joint Commission has awarded accreditation through its Ambulatory Health Care program to an inpatient kidney care provider. Denver-based DaVita Hospital Services became the f...

Q: Do you have any suggestions for how to conduct orientation on survey readiness?...

Editor's note: In this new feature, BOJ advisor Jodi Eisenberg, MHA, CPHQ, CPMSM, CSHA, manager of accreditation, clinical compliance, and policy management for Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Chi...

In my experiences coaching medical professionals, sometimes too much knowledge is a bad thing. Even with the best of intentions, conversations can go awry simply because what we say doesn't translate ...

The CMS says more than 400,000 providers accepted pay cuts instead of participate in the federal physician-quality reporting system and electronic prescribing incentive programs. ...

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Improvements must be made in handoffs, the use of PCA pumps, and postoperative orders to provide better patient care, according to a presentation at the annual conference of the Association of periOpe...

Use this record of care quiz to test staff members' knowledge of Joint Commission standards. Answers are on p. 10....

Despite some unique challenges, safety-net hospitals are achieving strong patient satisfaction results by focusing on compassionate care and quality outcomes. Click the link above to read the full sto...

Last week, we started the discussion regarding findings relative to the inspection, testing, and maintenance of medical gas systems, which reminds me that I kind of skirted exactly how those findings ...