We wanted to thank more than 70 AHAP members who were able to attend this year’s AHAP conference in Las Vegas....

Systemic change does require visionary leadership. The board of trustees for our facility established a new three-year strategic plan based on our six indicators of success. One such indicator is Qual...

The Joint Commission announced this week its most challenging requirements list for the first half of 2010. The list for hospitals is dominated, as it has in the past, with standards dealing with fire...

True or false: It is a requirement that hospitals test their fire alarm audible and visual systems as least once every twelve months....

Sometimes the lessons learned when working to improve nursing education and empowerment are truly worth sharing—even half a world away. ...

Education and training for hospital staff has always been time-consuming and costly for both organizations and personnel. When hospitals develop education and training for staff, they must make sure p...

In a January report, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that patients who fall out of bed often do not receive adequate care, including delay in diagnosis, failure to record neurological observat...

Many patients’ first experience with a hospital happens in the ED. Hospitals know this and are constantly striving to improve the patient experience in the ED—not an easy task. There are...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a notice of proposed changes to the inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS). These proposed changes include language for adopt...

When hands are contaminated or visibly dirty, select which of the following statements is true: ...