Many hospitals have focused on improving their culture of safety through a patient safety culture survey provided to staff members. But according to new research from the University of Michigan, the r...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published an online toolkit this May that teaches how to talk with patients when a medical error occurs. ...

On January 9, 2017, Joint Commission Leadership (LD) standard 01.03.01, element of performance (EP) 12, for home health and hospice will be expanded to apply to hospitals, critical access hospitals, a...

Date: Tuesday, February 7, 1:00-2:30 p.m. EST Presented by: Kimberly Roaten, PhD, CRC Celeste Johnson, DNP, APRN, PMH CNS Level of Program: Intermediate Summary: Suicides were the third most comm...

CMS last week released a list of 97 reporting measures for hospitals, clinician practices, nursing homes, dialysis facilities, and other settings. The measures are being considered for use in Medicare...

In a new blog post, CMS announced that it was extending its electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) submissions to March 13, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. PST. This gives facilities and extra 13 days to get t...

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The Joint Commission is looking to refine and improve its tracer methodology, according to an official statement on its website. The Joint Commission hopes to integrate patient care tracers and patien...

True or false: It is important to ensure that we provide information to our patients in a manner in which they can understand. This may include the use of translation or interpretive services, as well...