The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) has put together a nice piece on the various accreditation options available to hospitals following their annual conference in Atlanta. The ASHE ...

Hospital and critical access hospitals, here’s something to watch out for: The Joint Commission has posted their field review of proposed new and revised requirements for both programs in the ...

In July, doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) performed the first hand transplant on a child. The 10-hour surgery, performed on an eight-year-old boy who had lost his hands and ...

Q: Can you tell me a little more about the surveyors? What should I expect? Who will be doing the survey? ...

They come into the emergency department as if it's their second home; indeed, they often are on a first-name basis with the medical personnel who are there to greet and treat them. On this particula...

At Baylor Health Care System, many nurses do more to develop professionally than simply attend continuing education meetings and classes, including one program that conducts practice-based projects ...

One of the more interestingly painful survey findings that I’ve come across hinge on the use of a household item that previously had caused little angst in survey circles—I speak of the mi...

While we are on the subject of the CMS, you may be interested to know that an update of the State Operations Manual (which is basically the foundation resource for the conduction of CMS surveys) was u...

This tool, a patient safety expectations badge, is part of an overall contract between leadership and staff members to help build a better culture of safety in their organization. "The first time...

ECRI Institute’s annual list of top patient safety concerns is topped by alarm hazards, problems with electronic health records, and patient violence....