Keeping a hospital compliant and survey ready is a difficult, endless, and often frustrating task. One of the difficulties can be impressing the importance of accreditation to those who aren't immerse...

Several months after more than 60 medical experts and advocacy groups called on CMS to remove the pain treatment questions from patient surveys, the agency has announced a proposal to do just that....

A finalized Joint Commission standard, along with proposed CMS regulations, place more emphasis on program leadership and providing resources for measurement and action...

Keeping a hospital compliant and survey ready is a difficult, endless, and often frustrating task. One of the difficulties can be impressing the importance of accreditation to those who aren't immerse...

The Joint Commission released its sentinel event statistics for the first half of 2016 in the August edition of Perspectives. The report relies on self-reported data and only shows a small portion of ...

After months of delays, CMS in July publicly released its hospital star ratings system on its Hospital Compare website. The public can now see the Hospital Compare overall rating for 3,662 hospitals a...

The Hospitals & Health Network recently published an article on the issue of polypharmacy, which occurs when a patient is given redundant or unneeded medications. ...

In 2015 alone, all 392 Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) participants and 12 Pioneer ACO Model participants saved a combined $466 million while improving care quality. ...

During your next Joint Commission survey, be prepared to answer three new questions before even starting your building tour....

We’re proud to release the newest feature of the Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare website, the PSQH Forum. The forum is for you, the patient safety professional, to voice your opinions, s...