We’re looking for AHAP members who have a success story they’d like to share, either at our next working group call or in an upcoming newsletter article?...

Q: Who should I consider as good candidates to lead the patient rights chapter? ...

True or False: Failing to properly clean, disinfect, or sterilize equipment can pose a serious risk of infection to our patients. ...

Organizations that have practiced for the live on-site event always do better for the real thing. Everything from notification of the survey to the process of escorting surveyors to the survey room ...

We’re looking for AHAP members who have a success story they’d like to share, either at our next working group call or in an upcoming newsletter article? If you are interested in speakin...

Q: What are some basic strategies I can use to encourage my staff to stay compliant at all times?...

Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Global Challenge, A Global Perspective, is the monograph The Joint Commission released to help healthcare organizations gain traction on th...

In 2011, AHAP reported that accreditation professionals and survey coordinators saw a marginal uptick in salaries. After a dismal 2010, 6% fewer professionals received no increase between 2010 and 201...

It was a simple mistake she's still ashamed she made, but luckily when Elizabeth Butler, BA, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Massachusetts, took the stitches out of the wrong woman,...

Editor's note: Columnist Catherine Hinz, MHA, works as a leader in patient safety at HealthEast Care System in St. Paul, Minn. Previously, she worked at PatientSafe Solutions, Inc., and has completed ...