Fire drills are required “one per shift, per quarter” in buildings designated as healthcare occupancy, for example, an inpatient care unit. What Life Safety Code® designation requires ...

After it stopped public reporting data on hospital-acquired conditions, the CMS now plans to resume releasing the data on its website....

Eight of The Joint Commission’s top 10 standards compliance issues for the first half of 2014 are safety-related....

The e-SOC is comprised of two basic sections. Name them....

A Glendale, California hospital has agreed to pay $700,000 in civil penalties to settle a lawsuit accusing the facility of dumping a homeless patient on skid row in June....

New Joint Commission revisions to hospital standards have been made to align with CMS effort to reduce unnecessary requirements....

The Joint Commission has released its July 2014 prepublication standards referencing changes to bring the organization's standards into better alignment with CMS Conditions of Participation. Let's tak...

New guidelines from The Joint Commission highlight key areas of concern and factors that contribute to the misuse of vials...

It is important to realize that, while The Joint Commission gets the most press, there are several other regulatory agencies that have an impact on hospitals. For many survey coordinators, ongoing rea...

There has to be a better way of developing risk matrices. This was the theory developed by Alan J. Card, MPH, CPH, CPHQ, PhD, president and CEO of Evidence-Based Health Solutions, LLC, and a doctoral ...