We’d like to announce this month’s blog contest winner of a free registration to the 2010 AHAP Conference: Heather Forbes of Southern Maine Medical Center! Heather’s original contest...

True or false: Staff members, other than physicians, who administer blood or IV medications must receive special training....

The Joint Commission has released its latest Sentinel Event Alert, this time on preventing violence in the workplace....

The concept of a just culture is relatively new to the healthcare industry and has become a critical and necessary component of any organization’s approach to improving patient safety. I have qu...

Previously, BOJ spoke with Northwest Texas Healthcare System (NWTHS) in Amarillo about its Continuous Readiness Review (CRR) plan that was implemented for survey preparation. NWTHS recently had a chan...

The Joint Commission intents to expand its ambulatory health care organization accreditation process by adding a primary care home option....

Fall Working Group call We are currently looking for ideas or potential speakers for our fall working group call....

Hospitals have multiple options when it comes time to undergo their PPR. The most extensive option, an on-site visit from The Joint Commission, is the most extensive, with the option to treat the PPR ...

Hello, AHAP members. The organization had a representative in the audience at the New York Executive Briefings session, and I just wanted to sum up a few observations and notes. There was no breaking ...

True or false: It is important to educate patients and families on ways to prevent infection and the spread of infection by informing them about proper hand washing techniques, the use of hand gels, r...