With less than seven days to go before the February 19 public comment deadline, so far only The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) are among the hospita...

Hospital-acquired conditions dropped 13% from 2014 to 2017; from 99 per 1,000 acute care discharges to 86 per 1,000, according to newly released federal data. That reduction translates into 910,000 fe...

Dislodgement of venous access devices such as catheters is widespread and underreported, a survey of 1,500 clinicians shows....

Patient Safety Movement (PSM) has made major progress toward its goal of zero preventable deaths worldwide by 2020, even though it likely won’t achieve that goal, PSM founder and CEO Joe Kiani t...

Presented on: Tuesday,February 19 2019 |1:00-2:30 p.m. EST Presented by: Heather Forbes, BSN, RN, CEN, CPhT Register: http://hcmarketplace.com/accreditation-101-guide-hospital-surveys “Accredita...

A new study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety showcases four ways to improve screening and treatment of patients for depression. Depression is the leading cause o...

The Life Safety Code® Field Guide for Healthcare Facilities is the perfect companion to your Life Safety Code (LSC) compliance efforts. This portable, concise resource is a perfect on-site quick r...

Gains from Medicare's most prominent readmissions reduction initiative have been overstated, recent research indicates. The reduction in readmission rates is about half as large as previously reported...

Ever had questions about whether it was good or appropriate to pay your accrediting organization (AO) for consulting services on how to comply with the same standards they set that allows you to stay ...

Get the word out to everyone in your organization who handles hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that soon, flushing or rinsing those drugs down a drain into the sewers will be specifically prohibited ...