Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act, which targets several reimbursement issues in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015....

A new study by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine estimates that 20% of all trauma deaths (30,000 per year) could be prevented with better care. The report proposes applyi...

Preventing the theft of controlled substances at hospitals continues to be an tremendous issue even with increased security measures. Failed drug diversion programs in hospitals have led to record fin...

An October 14 webcast will help you reduce alarm fatigue in your facility and meet the National Patient Safety Goal on alarm management....

As The Joint Commission shifted to a more integrated survey, many hospitals moved away from the chapter leader approach....

In 2015 hospitals were given the option of submitting their eCQM data to meet ORYX requirements. The Joint Commission has analyzed and released the data sent by the 34 hospitals that participated....

An upcoming HCPro webcast will help attendees ensure safety compliance in physician offices, clinics, and other facilities....

A new study conducted by John Hopkins researchers estimates that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is wrong about the third biggest cause of death in the nation. Researchers claim t...

Dear accreditation professional, Your feedback is essential to us at HCPro. Please take just a few minutes to share your thoughts with us regarding ongoing and new challenges faced by you and your ...

The California Department of Public Health rolled out Phase II of its General Acute Care Hospital Relicensing Survey pilot July 1....