True or False: Hospitals have the option to incorporate all the environment of care (EC) areas /aspects into one EC plan or have separate plans. ...

True or false: Hospitals must establish time frames for the reporting of critical results AND they must monitor their performance...

We know there are limited educational resources out there for accreditation professionals to swap best-practices and network with their peers. And that’s why we could not be more excited about...

Q: During the on-site survey, we were cited due to a lack of H&P completions. How can I clarify this? ...

AHAP is starting to gear up some discussion selecting speakers for the 2012 AHAP conference, and we’d love to get your feedback about who you’ve enjoyed in the past, and who you’d ...

I was recently out to a business lunch and had an amazing server who clearly delighted in the work she was doing. When a colleague complimented her service excellence, she replied, "I think of ...

True or False: The standards require a person to be assigned the responsibility and authority to intervene immediately in situations where people and/or property are being threatened. ...

With the advent of electronic health record implementation, never-ending administrative duties, and unrelenting changes, it's no surprise that practitioners often talk about losing the joy of caregi...

Q: At my facility, we don’t have someone working the front desk until 11am. Could this affect my survey results? ...

If you haven’t had a chance to take our latest benchmarking survey on the most-cited Joint Commission standards (or equivalents, for non-Joint Commission accredited facilities) and how they ha...