Date: Tuesday, February 7, 1:00-2:30 p.m. EST Presented by: Kimberly Roaten, PhD, CRC Celeste Johnson, DNP, APRN, PMH CNS Level of Program: Intermediate Summary: Suicides were the third most comm...

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ban on powdered medical gloves goes into effect tomorrow. The use, advertising, and marketing of powdered surgeon's gloves, patient examination gloves, a...

Editor’s note: The following is a lightly edited Q&A with Craig Deao, MHA, senior leader at Studer Group, on the role of patient engagement in care quality. PSMJ: How big a role does patien...

In June, The Joint Commission made several changes to its catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG). All the changes go into effect on January 1, 2017 and...

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), approximately 8 million American healthcare workers are potentially exposed to hazardous drugs each year. And in May, th...

The Joint Commission seeks feedback on the proposed requirements for Pain Assessment and Management for Hospitals. Comments will be accepted until February 20, 2017. The accreditor hopes that by align...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced ambitious new targets for reducing healthcare-acquired infections (HAI) by 2020. The goals apply to acute care hospitals, long-term...

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There’s been a flood of different measures and metrics in recent years. CMS, Joint Commission, hospital organizations, and vendors each have their own way of calculating a hospital’s ranki...