Module creates curriculum to de-escalate aggressive behavior...

Leadership and physician involvement increasingly come up in accreditation and survey preparation. In almost every situation that deals with process improvement or cultural change, the term "leadershi...

AAAHC announces hospital accreditation program: Respected ambulatory accrediting body enters deeming authority process. July, p. 5. ...

As more Americans find themselves on more medications, and as these patients find themselves in the hospital for a variety of reasons, the process of medication reconciliation continues to be a proble...

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...

Well now you can! A representative from The Joint Commission will be joining the unique roundtable discussion at the 6th Annual AHAP Conference on May 10-11 in Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), FL....

Q: Do you have any tips of how to manage and display risk assessment data?...

Q: Do you have any tips of how to manage and display risk assessment data? ...

The range of accreditation options is wider than it's ever been. Hospitals and healthcare systems have more options to weigh than ever before. During his presentation at the 2012 Association for Healt...

Think back to your last visit to a hospital as a patient or family member. Every patient care area has recognizable, ubiquitous items, such as automated blood pressure pumps, compression pumps, and IV...