The accreditor made the announcement in the latest R3 Report, with the aim of protecting both the mother and child from harm. ...

There’s a reason why the American College of Surgeons (ACS) recommends asking patients if they’re okay with a concurrent surgery before operating. A Manhattan doctor found that out the har...

Each year CMS revises its inpatient-only list of approximately 1,700 procedures. The most notable changes to the list that went into effect January 1, 2018....

Three revisions to The Joint Commission’s Life Safety and Environment of Care chapters will go into effect on March 11....

The study’s researchers recommend that organizations should stop using performance measures until they can be assessed and revised...

 Healthcare facilities must ensure that infection prevention and control (IPC) and antibiotic stewardship (AS) programs work together, according to a joint position paper released last week....

HFAP will be keeping its name. The accreditor had originally planned to take the name of the Accreditation Association for Hospitals/Health Systems (AAHHS), which acquired them in 2015 from the Americ...

The Joint Commission is the latest healthcare heavy-hitter to call for better protection of healthcare workers, announcing on Tuesday the creation of Sentinel Event Alert 59, which addresses violence&...

During this three-hour virtual workshop, Carole Eldridge, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, and Virginia Hall, DNP, MSN/Ed. RN, CNE, will provide a step-by-step guide to setting up a successful and sustainable ev...

The Leapfrog Group this week released its spring 2018 Hospital Safety Grades, which found that hospitals have stepped up their game when it comes to reducing avoidable deaths from errors and infectio...