Determining if a patient’s brain functions have irreversibly shut down is a crucial diagnosis; in many places it’s the same as declaring them fully dead....

One of healthcare’s biggest concerns has been the misuse of antibiotics and resulting rise in drug-resistant bacteria and infections....

Remember that the tracer methodology is not a static process; it is evolutionary. As organizational priorities, standards, and systems change, so will your tracer tools—and so will the process...

After a year of increased scrutiny over infection control issues related to endoscope reprocessing, many hospitals will encounter another challenge: Thousands of machines used to wash and perform high...

After decades of discussion, the use of restraints and seclusion in healthcare is still a hot topic. ...

The Joint Commission has officially released the 2016 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) with very few changes from the 2015 regulations....

Electronic health records (EHR) may represent the future of medicine, but as of now, the technology is still going through some serious growing pains....

Electronic health records may represent the future of medicine, but as of now, the technology is still going through some serious growing pains....

Five years after pharmaceutical experts began reviewing changes to sterile preparation requirements for pharmaceutical compounding, the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has released proposed regu...

After a year of increased scrutiny over infection control issues related to endoscope reprocessing, many hospitals will encounter another challenge: Thousands of machines used to wash and perform high...