According to Joint Commission standards and federal law, patients have the right to effective communication, including access to interpretation and translation services. It's easy to understand why. E...

Ever since The Joint Commission announced its focus on second generation tracers in fall 2011, hospitals have looked for ways to work with their tracer process to make the most of this new concept. Tr...

By now, the Health Insurance Portability and ­Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is well known to the healthcare community. Hospital staff and physicians have long been practicing a strict standar...

Every fall, The Joint Commission unveils updated statistics regarding the standards and ­National Patient Safety Goals that have been causing the most ­problems with compliance out in the fiel...

True or False: An RN is required to complete the nursing assessment. ...

In 2006, Southampton (NY) Hospital's Department of Nursing conducted a needs assessment focusing on the quality of patient outcomes, staff recruitment and retention, and patient safety. Part of the as...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Identify "generalist" areas where the observations of non-clinical tracer team members can be best utilized Discuss challenges with...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Discuss health reform's role in hospital accreditation in 2012 Identify key issues with second-generation tracers Describe changes to the ...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Discuss health reform's role in hospital accreditation in 2012 Identify key issues with second-generation tracers Describe changes to the ...

Patient safety has long stood on a variety of tenets, some of which have formed the process and basis for how professionals (both leaders and clinicians) conduct improvement work. Some of these are ...