This guest column from Elizabeth DiGiacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CSHA, discusses how to put together an antibiotic stewardship program. This is an excerpt from an article in Briefings on The Joint Commiss...

An October 14 webcast will help you reduce alarm fatigue in your facility and meet the National Patient Safety Goal on alarm management....

The Joint Commission has released the latest changes to its ORYX performance measure reporting requirements for 2016....

The Joint Commission is looking for input on revisions to its National Patient Safety Goal on the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections....

This guest column from Patrick Pianezza, MHA, discusses the importance of gratitude in improving organizational performance. This is an excerpt from an article in the monthly training resource Briefin...

Seattle Children’s Hospital is alerting 12,000 families after it found that some surgical equipment at one of its clinics wasn’t properly sterilized....

Safety, infection control, and medical records top The Joint Commission’s list of most-cited standards for the first six months of 2015....

This month, we are focusing on Paula Brinn, BSN, MBA, CCRN-K, regulatory compliance manager at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina. This is an excerpt from an article in the monthly tr...

Editor's note: This recurring feature focuses on a typical day in the life of an accreditation professional. ...

Some hospitals wonder if patient satisfaction efforts distract from quality concerns...