Dear readers, HCPro is conducting a customer survey to better understand your responsibilities and workflows, and to better improve our training, education, and communication with you. Taking this ve...

On July 1, nearly 200 group practices began a five-year demonstration program of CMS’s Oncology Care Model. The model’s goal is to improve the quality and decrease the costs of cancer care...

True or False: The hospital has to provide its patients with a nutritious, appropriate diet. They are not required to consider the patients’ religious, cultural, or ethnic preference. ...

Why is it inappropriate to use a room number as one of the two patient identifiers? ...

Q: Do you have any tips of how prepare for the data management system tracer?...

Pain represents a growing patient concern and a flourishing service line for healthcare. Hospitals are creating pain management centers with a focus on chronic and acute pain, relying on interventiona...

True or False: The Life Safety Code® standards are primarily focused on the building/maintaining of fire safe buildings and environment. ...

Fill in the blank: It is essential that the handoff communication process include ___________________________. ...

A New York Times report found that patient safety is severely lacking in U.S. military hospitals, with many patient deaths going unreported....

CMS last week posted the annual update for the 2014 electronic clinic quality measures for eligible hospitals and professionals....