We’re already planning our next networking call, so if you have any topic suggestions, or if you’d like to lead a call yourself, please contact Matt Phillion any time at mphillion@hcpro....

Everyone in healthcare knows about the struggles of medication reconciliation and its impact on patient safety and care. The Joint Commission takes notice, building standards and safety goals around s...

Overall, BAs have been involved in about 22% of the more than 600 breaches that have been reported on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website from September 2009 through August ...

True or False: Power failures, loss of water or utilities, floods, and tornados are all examples of situations that could result in the activation of all or part of the Emergency Operations Plan. ...

Robert Malizzo may seem like your typical patient. He has a heart condition and goes to the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago for care. ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) will soon kick off its annual Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW), which runs March 4-10. ...

And what a lineup it is! We’re so proud of our conference speaker roster this year that we just have to share it with you. You’ll be receiving practical, educational information from som...

In July 2003, The Joint Commission proposed, as part of its Universal ProtocolTM procedures, a requirement for hospitals to perform a timeout immediately prior to a procedure. A year later, the requir...

True or False: A verbal order entered into the patient record should be both dated and times (if your hospital is using The Joint Commission for deemed status purpose). ...

Q: During our recent survey, the surveyor cited lack of proactive determination of FPPE for a physician and lack of specific criteria identified to be evaluated. How can I clarify this? ...