Q: How should I approach monitoring and addressing compliance issues?...

Many hospitals across the nation are already working with health IT, including electronic health records (EHR) and bar code scanning­-especially as CMS' Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program...

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) announced this week a new hospital accreditation program....

If you walk onto the medical-surgical units in Boston Medical Center (BMC), you may notice something strange: silence....

The Joint Commission is soliciting comments as part of a follow-up field review for its diagnostic imaging standards. These changes address quality and safety issues associated with diagnostic imaging...

On October 24, The Joint Commission released the new National Patient Safety Goals for 2013. The list includes no new goals; however, hospitals are still struggling over many goals, and NPSG.07.06.01-...

True or False: Hospitals must test their Emergency Operations Plan twice a year. These tests must be documented and evaluated. Hospitals are not permitted to use their response to an actual event as...

Have you had a chance to participate in this year’s Accreditation Professional Salary Survey? It is completely anonymous, as always. Remember, the more participants we have, the better and mor...

Editor’s note: This blog post is reprinted from Mac’s Safety Space, written by Steve MacArthur, consultant, The Greeley Company, Danvers, MA. ...

True or False: Everyone who works in a hospital has a role and responsibility to help prevent the spread of infection. ...