For those of you following The Joint Commission’s ongoing “Speak Up” campaign for patient education, the accrediting body has released a new video (and transcript) in the series. T...

Consumer Reports magazine has issued hospital safety ratings for 1,159 hospitals in 44 states, using several different measures than the Leapfrog Group’s recent and controversial hospital lett...

The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things…and so today’s tusk (excuse me, task) is to find out where all you good folks out there in radio land are relative to developi...

A podcast from The Joint Commission on key learnings from the SSI Change Project and The Joint Commission Implementation Guide for NPSG 07.05.01 is available on The Joint Commission Website. Click t...

According to a report released by The Joint Commission, 446 sentinel events occurred during the first half of 2013. The report, released by the accreditation agency in October, provides a glimpse at s...

An important objective of medication reconciliation is to resolve discrepancies between home medications and the medications being ordered in the hospital. Name five examples of a discrepancy....

What is your process for communicating to the medical staff and other clinical staff when there is a shortage of a particular medication?...

The Joint Commission recently approved several revisions to ambulatory care standards, effective January 1, 2014, to ensure that these accreditation requirements remain relevant. Click the link abov...

All day and all night, healthcare providers try to help people heal and feel better. They take care of sick patients, both the chronic and acutely ill. Much of the care-and the outcomes that follow-is...

There’s still time left to submit your application to speak at this year’s AHAP conference, to be held June 6-7, 2013 at the Flamingo Las Vegas Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas. We seek s...