"A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow."...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices has begun a campaign to increase awareness of medication safety best practices....

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, April 2012...

Has a Joint Commission surveyor ever called you by the wrong name? Did you accidentally fumble your words while presenting the findings of your mock tracer to leadership? Or maybe you answered a ser...

Hello, AHAP members. We don’t often mention it, but did you know three of our advisory board members are also instructors for the Accreditation Specialist Boot Camp series? In fact, two board ...

True or False: It is acceptable to use a family member to interpret critical clinical information and information regarding consents if the family member offers to do so. ...

By now, many in healthcare have learned from other industries that getting frontline staff input is essential to quality improvement. However, the task of obtaining that input has been a bit more chal...

Some healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates have gone down in the past few years, according to the 2011 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Standardized Infection Ratio Report. ...

It’s been a fairly busy year when it comes to updates of standards and such and this week we’ll take a look at the new requirements relative to leadership and oversight of the Emergency ...

When a non-English speaking patient is hospitalized, the hospital must provide translation services. These services could include an on-site interpreter. Name at least one other option....