Both organizations have changed their expectations on the defintion of a hospital. ...

The Joint Commission has revised its Life Safety standards LS.04.01.20 through LS.04.02.50 for its Behavioral Health Care Accreditation program....

A review of more than 2,000 neurosurgical cases published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found no greater risk of postoperative complications for patients operated on by surgeons ...

The NPSGs cover eight different accreditation programs: ambulatory, behavioral care, critical access hospital, home care, hospital, laboratory services, nursing care center, and office-based surgery....

CMS’ new Emergency Preparedness rule goes into effect on Wednesday, November 15, which means surveyors can now cite facilities who aren’t compliant with the rule’s requirements....

Presented on: Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 1:00-2:30 p.m. EST Speaker: Ernest E. Allen, ARM, CSP, CPHRM, CHFM Program Level: Intermediate Registration: http://hcmarketplace.com/suicide-prevention-in-h...

Representatives from The Joint Commission, URAC, DNV-GL, the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) took the stage at the 2017 NAMSS Ed...

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...