In August, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed 41 new measures of pediatric care quality covering a wide range of child care, from prenatal care to blood pressure and physical development screen...

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The Association for Healthcare Accreditation ­Professionals (AHAP), in its most recent poll of members, targeted the concept of patient flow in the emergency department (ED). Rather than follow the or...

True or False: One of the frequently occurring patient errors has to do with caregivers selecting either the wrong patient or the wrong treatment, care, or service. This is behind the rationale prom...

Organizations that have practiced for the live on-site event always do better for the real thing. Everything from notification of the survey to the process of escorting surveyors to the survey room ...

The Joint Commission has issued preliminary denial of accreditation for Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital, a mental health facility in downtown Las Vegas, over a patient dumping scandal. Click the li...

Most clinicians have probably done it. They might do it out in the open or sneak it in when supervisors aren't watching. Some might do it several times a day, while others might not even realize they'...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Identify the three silos NUMC used when developing ­process improvement for CLABSI prevention Discuss the tools and tactics used by observ...

Not-for-profit hospitals in the US face increasing financial pressures, two top credit rating agencies reported in January. Moody’s Investors Service reports that the outlook for hospitals loo...

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