A new study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety showcases four ways to improve screening and treatment of patients for depression. Depression is the leading cause o...

Presented on: Tuesday,February 19 2019 |1:00-2:30 p.m. EST Presented by: Heather Forbes, BSN, RN, CEN, CPhT Register: http://hcmarketplace.com/accreditation-101-guide-hospital-surveys “Accredita...

Patient Safety Movement (PSM) has made major progress toward its goal of zero preventable deaths worldwide by 2020, even though it likely won’t achieve that goal, PSM founder and CEO Joe Kiani t...

Dislodgement of venous access devices such as catheters is widespread and underreported, a survey of 1,500 clinicians shows....

A new study found that medication errors occurred during nearly half of the surgeries examined....

The Joint Commission seeks comments from healthcare facilities about a proposed standard that would require organizations to establish antimicrobial stewardship programs. ...

The latest release of the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Scores finds slow patient safety improvement in U.S. hospitals....

A proposed rule from CMS would provide greater weight to patient preference during the hospital discharge process....

The Joint Commission has clarified its expectations for the Life Safety and Environment of Care portions of its accreditation surveys....

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in trouble, having recently been written out of the 2016 Health and Human Services budget....