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Editor's note: Sharon Chaput, RN, CSHA, is the director of regulatory and quality management at Brattleboro (Vt.) Retreat and advisory board member for both Briefings on The Joint Commission and the A...

A small but growing number of hospitals in Maryland have joined together to track and share information about the availability of psychiatric beds at participating institutions. The online registry ...

Hospitals should be aware of several important changes that were published in the May 16 Federal Register, effective July 16. CMS has made more than two dozen changes to the hospital Conditions of Par...

The hospital is a large, multifaceted organism with thousands of ­moving parts within dozens of units that are often separated by wings, streets, and buildings. The physical barriers, however, are...

Q: What happens if something is deemed an immediate threat to health or safety? ...

The July issue of the AHAP Insider is now posted on the AHAP website and available for download. This quarter’s issue features the 2012 salary survey results benchmarking report, profiles of t...

During a recent Joint Commission survey, a question was raised regarding the “length” of nurse call cords (it appears that the surveyor indicated that the end of the cord should be an inch...

A recent advisory released by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory (PPSA) in September 2013 focuses on one aspect of EHRs that has been particularly challenging in terms of improving patient saf...