The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently endorsed two outcomes-based measures from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). The measures, surgical...

By now, HIPAA is well known to the healthcare community. Hospital staff and physicians have long been practicing a strict standard of patient privacy....

There are certain requirements and regulatory factors that pose perpetual challenges for hospitals, familiar burdens that elicit nods of understanding and sympathy when organizations discuss the barri...

In healthcare facilities across the United States, ­x-rays and CT scans are used widely and often. Because of them, patients rarely undergo risky exploratory surgery, and countless lives are undou...

Joseph L. Cappiello has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) of the Chicago-based Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). HFAP, the nation's oldest hospital accreditation organizat...

The Joint Commission has posted its latest Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) information, discussing the processing and storage of laryngoscope blades....

Rhode Island became the first state in the U.S. to adopt a flu immunization requirement for all healthcare workers, students, trainees, and volunteers who may have direct contact with patients. The ...

Q: Which staff members should I give notice to once we know when our survey will take place? ...

Join us for the 7th Annual Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) Conference on June 6-7 in Las Vegas! Previous attendees can attest – The AHAP conference provides inval...

Hospital leadership must ensure that the infection control program had adequate access to the resources needed to support the functions of infection control and prevention. Name these three sources....