The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent a report on October 13 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging for better alignment of healthcare quality measures. The conclusion o...

Logic says that electronic health records (EHR) should be a huge boon to healthcare quality. Up-to-date recordkeeping, real-time data, less paperwork, simpler transfers of information, electronic al...

A new tool released by The Joint Commission is designed to help hospitals prevent inpatient falls. ...

During the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York City last week, https://goo.gl/kK2RCe the world’s governments discussed the increasing dangers posed by AMR infections and doubled down o...

Join expert speakers Kevin Bussiere, RN-CIC and Marjorie Quint-Bouzid, MPA, RN, NEA-BC, for a special live program, “PPE in Healthcare: How to Improve Culture, Consistency and Compliance,&rdqu...

The FDA issued a safety alert in September about infections associated with reprocessed flexible bronchoscopes. Although the level of concern over infection-related illnesses from bronchoscopes is not...

Presented on: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern Presented by: Molly Clark, PharmD, MHA Megan Maddox, PharmD, BCPS, CDE Level of Program: Intermediate Medication reconciliation ...

To improve medical outcomes in intensive care units, some hospitals are attempting to make units more accessible for patients’ family and caregivers. Allowing patients to have more access to the...

Presented on: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 1:00-2:30 p.m. Eastern Level of Program: Intermediate Speaker: Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ), has more than 25 years of experience as a certified medica...

In healthcare, situational awareness (SA) is defined as the perception of the elements within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the ...