On March 14, CMS issued a memorandum to state survey agency directors regarding requirements for hospital medication administration, "particularly intravenous medications and post-operative car...

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

Few accreditation or quality improvement specialists would disagree that funding is one of the biggest barriers to creating a better, safer environment in these areas. While other areas of healthcar...

As hospitals across the country search for ways to reduce readmissions in the wake of reimbursement cuts from CMS for rehospitalizations within 30 days, one statewide initiative in Minnesota may hav...

New research from the CDC offers additional insight into growing concern about antibiotic resistance, particularly when it comes to inconsistent prescribing practices. ...

Those in the patient safety field may not think about their fellow healthcare workers on a day-to-day basis, but perhaps it's time they did. Although the two worlds don't often mix, employee health ...

What does the Safe Medical Device Act of 1990 require of hospitals? ...

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) issued a report last week that found that medical errors cause 325,000 deaths per year. ...

Treatment delays and wrong patient/wrong site/wrong procedure errors were the most frequently reported sentinel events in 2013, according to The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Database. ...

A pharmacist must review all medication orders prior to the medication being dispensed except in two situations. Name these situations. ...