As more Americans find themselves on more medications, and as these patients find themselves in the hospital for a variety of reasons, the process of medication reconciliation continues to be a proble...

PSMJ 2012 index...

Use this record of care quiz to test staff members' knowledge of Joint Commission standards. Answers are on p. 10....

these patients find themselves in the hospital for a variety of reasons, the process of medication reconciliation continues to be a problem without a perfect solution. Baystate Health, a healthcare ...

The question comes up after every disaster: What could we have done differently? This is particularly important in the realm of emergency management, where regulations set by government agencies and a...

True or False: Everyone who works in a hospital has a role and responsibility to help prevent the spread of infection. ...

Very shortly, AHAP Accreditation Connection will be replaced with Accreditation Insider. In addition to the name change, we’ve improved your reading experience with expanded content and enhan...

The Joint Commission has announced that it will expand performance measurement requirements for accredited general medical/surgical hospitals from four core measure sets to six, as part of The Joint...

I just wanted to let you know that we’ve finally nailed down a date for the seventh annual AHAP conference. The 2013 AHAP conference will be held on June 6-7, 2013, and we’re going back ...

Q: Should I establish a compliance oversight group to help me succeed in survey readiness? ...