The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a complaint against LabMD, Inc. The complaint alleging that a lack of information security was an unfair practice under Section 5 of the FTC Act. The compla...

Fatigue has recently been recognized in the medical literature to increase the incidence of adverse events. Fatigue is a widely recognized patient safety issue. Nurses who worked over 12 hours per day...

Do you have a colleague who helped launch a successful accreditation program in your hospital? Or who made significant contributions to improve survey-readiness in the field in general? Do you know ...

A new tool from the American College of Surgeons can help hospitals predict high-risk cases and reduce readmissions down the line....

We’d like to report some exciting news: former Joint Commission vice president and long-time advisor to AHAP’s sister publications such as Briefings on The Joint Commission, Joseph L. Ca...

According to a new study by the New England Journal of Medicine, the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Program (Medicare’s largest value-based purchasing demonstration for hospitals) did not ...

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

Q: What tracer process should I put in place to stay prepared for a survey as well as to identify and mitigate risk? A: The advantage of conducting tracer is that you can work on issues that are i...

The next quarterly working group call will take place on Wednesday, May 23rd at 2pm EST (1pm Central, 11am Pacific). These calls are free to join for AHAP members, simply sign up to reserve a spot!...

If you haven’t had a chance yet to participate in this year’s Accreditation Professional Salary Survey, make sure you check it out by the end of this week. It is completely anonymous, as...