One of the more interesting segments of this year’s New York Hospital Executive Briefings was an update on its Intracycle Monitoring program, under which the Focused Standards Assessment&ndash...

Hello, AHAP members. We have just launched our latest members-only benchmarking survey, and would like to invite you to participate....

Join us for the 7th Annual Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) Conference on June 6-7 in Las Vegas! Previous attendees can attest – The AHAP conference provides inval...

Q: Which staff members should I give notice to once we know when our survey will take place?...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued 10 penalties to California hospitals after investigations that found that the facilities were noncompliant with licensing requirements that...

Everyone in healthcare knows about the struggles of medication reconciliation and its impact on patient safety and care. The Joint Commission takes notice, building standards and safety goals around s...

Hello AHAP members, we’ve received a couple job openings and have been asked if we could share them with the membership in case anyone was interested in pursuing either of them. Please feel fr...

One of AHAP’s sister blogs, the Patient Safety Monitor Blog, has a fantastic post by writer Tami Swartz we wanted to share:...

Joint Commission proposed new NPSG On November 14, 2011, The Joint Commission pro­posed a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG). NPSG.16.01.01 would minimize the overuse of tests, treatments...

I just wanted to follow up with our members about last week’s successful networking call on the changes to the so-called 30 minute rule. Our guest presenters were helpful and inspired a lively...