True or false: When a patient has been seen in the outpatient clinic for a minor eye infection and is sent home with antibiotic eye drops that are to be administered over 14 days, the patient should r...

Emergency departments are busier than ever, with more than 136 million patient visits in 2011, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

U.S. hospitals are making headway in preventing adverse events, with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimating that 1.3 million fewer patients were harmed from 2010 to 2013....

One of the many facets of any successful hospital is its environment of care and cleanliness. There are many regulations that focus on this seemingly simple aspect, yet it is one of the most diffic...

With limited information available, the new chapter references leadership standards, but it's unclear how it will impact the survey process...

Last month, we looked at what the international community could do in the face of the current Ebola outbreak and addressed many fears and concerns in the healthcare community about what the outbreak...

Table of Contents Building a better narrative p. 5 How do you use healthcare professionals’ natural storytelling abilities to build a better medical record? Find out how one organization did so...

An executive order from President Obama and a rash of new studies have thrust the importance of antimicrobial stewardship into the national spotlight...

A new Johns Hopkins study raises additional questions about the correlation ­between what patients think they know about their medical condition versus their true understanding...

Month 11 post-survey tips Editor's note: In this new feature, BOJ advisor Jodi Eisenberg, MHA, CPHQ, CPMSM, CSHA, manager of accreditation, clinical compliance, and policy management for Northwester...