The Joint Commission has released a special report on suicide prevention in the November edition of Perspectives. The report contains recommendations from an expert panel on how to mitigate environmen...

A team of physicians from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has put forward a strategy that aims to standardize infection prevention guidelines for procedures performed outside the operatin...

Hello! It's book season at HCPro (also Halloween/Thanksgiving/sweater season) and we need your help! This is the time when we come up with possible book ideas for 2018. But of course, we don't wan...

The Platinum Awards sets the standard for recognizing professionals and organizations who demonstrate success in the overarching healthcare continuum. Like no other awards program in the industry, th...

Last week was National Fire Prevention Week, but that doesn’t mean the time to focus on fire safety is over. According to The Joint Commission, surgical fires happen just as often as wrong site ...

CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced the agency is temporarily suspending certain Medicare requirements for healthcare providers assisting with Hurricane Irma recovery efforts in Florida, Puerto Ri...

Two weeks after The Joint Commission confirmed that its engineering department director would be leaving the organization, a Chicago-based professional services firm proudly announced him as a new hir...

This September, The Joint Commission posted an infographic on “high-quality hand-offs.” The infographic is a companion to the accreditor’s Sentinel Event Alert (SEA) 58 on inadequate...

National Suicide Prevention Week is September 10-16, bringing awareness to the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. This week is a time for physicians, nurses, and other providers to lear...

In the October edition of Perspectives, The Joint Commission reiterated the need to screen patients for potential risks to themselves or others. This is part of a long-standing and ongoing effort to c...