The Joint Commission is looking for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) to pilot test the draft CAH performance measures. Participating hospitals will be asked to implement data collection and reporting...

Each fiscal year, CMS releases a financial report, and included in this tome-like document is an interesting bit of information for hospitals that use accrediting organizations (AO)-CMS provides a sid...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a September 2013 report on the status of quality measures being used via health information technology (IT). The report, Health IT-Enable...

Editor's note: Columnist Catherine Hinz, MHA, works as a leader in patient safety at HealthEast Care System in St. Paul, Minn. Previously, she worked at PatientSafe Solutions, Inc., and has completed ...

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently developed a protocol to use a Web-based standardized clinical encounter to evaluate providers' ability to ­assess the risk of suicide. ...

Join us for the 7th Annual AHAP Conference on June 6-7 in Las Vegas! Previous attendees can attest – The AHAP conference provides invaluable knowledge and education you can’t get anywher...

Editor's note: Columnist Catherine Hinz, MHA, currently works at PatientSafe Solutions, Inc. Previously, she served as the patient lead at HealthEast Care System in St. Paul, MN, worked for seven year...

We would like to announce that AHAP Staff Challenge will be changing its name to reflect some improvements we’re making to this resource for staff training, regulatory news and association upd...

True or False: When developing your Emergency Operations Plan, you should seek input from medical staff leadership and hospital leadership. ...

True or False: A hospital may use some discretion when developing its list of sound-alike/look-alike medications used by the facility. ...