As CMS works to get its legislative agenda back on track, there are several key issues that The Joint Commission is tracking, including the adoption of a newer edition of the Life Safety Code® (LS...

Researchers estimate that each additional nurse-hour per patient day is associated with 10% lower odds of receiving penalties under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Hospital Readmissio...

Many professionals who end up in a position of advocating for safety and quality improvements in the healthcare environment arrive there through personal experience. That experience might involve losi...

With limited information available, the new chapter references leadership standards, but it's unclear how it will impact the survey process...

Emergency departments are busier than ever, with more than 136 million patient visits in 2011, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

A U.K. study found that increased emphasis on hand hygiene in hospitals may be increasing dermatitis, which in turn increases the risk of infection in healthcare workers....

As measles cases increase across the country, some physicians are adopting a hardline stance against unvaccinated patients...

Patient harm is a common discussion topic among healthcare practitioner and patient safety advocates, but despite that overwhelming concern, most don't have a lot of confidence in their current tech...

The Joint Commission reviewed 394 sentinel events during the first half of 2014, according to statistics released by the accreditor....

There were 1,089 patient suicides logged into the Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Database between 2010 and 2014; overall, suicides were the 10th leading cause of death in America in 2013, res...