In November 2013, when Richard Shannon, MD, arrived to his newly appointed position as executive vice president of health affairs at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center in Charlottesvill...

CMS develops Conditions of Participation (CoP) that healthcare organizations must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. According to CMS, these health and safety standards are t...

CMS develops Conditions of Participation (CoP) that healthcare organizations must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. According to CMS, these health and safety standards are t...

Patient harm is a common discussion topic among healthcare practitioner and patient safety advocates, but despite that overwhelming concern, most don't have a lot of confidence in their current tech...

When the Partnership for Patients (PfP) program was announced in April 2011, it was billed by CMS Administrator Don Berwick as "the largest national effort on patient safety that we've ever see...

We have seen some enormous numbers arising in the current Ebola outbreak in Africa, with information, both factual and fear-inspired, bubbling up as patients are brought stateside for care. So what ...

Editor's note: In this feature, BOJ advisor Jodi Eisenberg, MHA, CPHQ, CPMSM, CSHA, manager of accreditation, clinical compliance, and policy management for Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Chica...

A new HCPro webcast will help hospitals prepare a response plan in the event they receive a patient with Ebola symptoms. The 60-minute program is scheduled for Monday, November 17 at 1 p.m. and will b...

Fill in the blank: Each patient should have a written plan of care that has ______________ and ___________________....

Two new research studies released this month found that better collaboration with community-based caregivers is the best way to reduce hospital readmissions....