Inside: Move to electronic policies and procedures streamlines organization Having confidence in your contractors’ performance Taking training on the road: Nurses take evidence-base...

Many of those who work in hospitals know there is always potential for staff to make mistakes, and that those mistakes might cause patient harm. Hospitals are constantly working toward better patient ...

As the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, medical errors just don't seem to be going away. Many healthcare professionals agree that reporting such errors is the only way to learn from...

Wash your hands. It's a message that infection control (IC) professionals cannot stress enough, yet ­caregivers can become unknowingly complacent in their hand hygiene routines, easily becoming de...

Hospitals have been working toward better patient satisfaction for years. Now, with patient experience survey results posted publicly and a new national value-based purchasing system in place, it's mo...

The U.S. population is growing in size. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about one-third of the nation's adults are obese, and many of them become patients at U.S. hospita...

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When it comes to nursing documentation, a few areas tend to trip up organizations, requiring them to refocus their efforts. Let’s examine these areas....

Test staff members' knowledge of communication standards with the following quiz....

Editor's note: Joseph L. Cappiello was recently named chief operating officer for the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). BOJ had a chance to sit down and chat with Cappiello about HFA...