George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, who had served as director of engineering since The Joint Commission established its engineering department six years ago, resigned from the post effective O...

In September, The Joint Commission published Sentinel Event Alert 58, warning healthcare organizations about the dangers of inadequate handoff communications. ...

In the last week of June 2017, foreign-born computer malware attacked the systems of several U.S. companies—including Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia, and Heritage Valle...

Phishing emails aren’t just aimed at getting credit card numbers, usernames, passwords, and (in the case of hospitals) patient records and data. They are also used to spread ransomware, like the...

The full edition of BOAQ, January 2018...

The full edition of the January 2018 Patient Safety Monitor Journal. ...

Most would agree 2017 was a long and bizarre year and looking ahead, there’s plenty of news, regulations, and facts that you’ll need to remember. With that in mind, we’ve made you th...

There was plenty of patient safety–related news in 2017. This story index of all the PSMJ articles that ran last year will help you quickly find what you need....

Providers that have been confused about how to handle patients’ requests to access their medical records have a new tool: a model records request form, courtesy of the American Health Informat...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a campaign to help bring attention to the dangers of sepsis, a condition that is fast becoming the number one cause of death in U.S. h...