If you haven’t had a chance yet to participate in this year’s Accreditation Professional Salary Survey, make sure you check it out by the end of this week. It is completely anonymous, as...

Q: The surveyor cited two behavioral health records not having documentation of medication education. Can I clarify this finding? ...

The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is often called "the quiet accreditor." One of the small group of organizations granted deeming authority by CMS to accredit hospitals,...

Many hospitals struggle with readmissions, and sometimes a readmission might be out of the control of the hospital. Still, when Jan Williams, RN, BSN, program director for the Health Enhancement Progr...

Patient safety has long stood on a variety of tenets, some of which have formed the process and basis for how professionals (both leaders and clinicians) conduct improvement work. Some of these are ...

Many hospitals across the nation are already working with health IT, including electronic health records (EHR) and bar code scanning­-especially as CMS' Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program...

The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is often called "the quiet accreditor." One of the small group of organizations granted deeming authority by CMS to accredit hospitals,...

In the quest to meet Joint Commission standards, it is very helpful to have a highly engaged medical staff. While usually not employed by the ­hospital, the medical staff is key to the hospital's ...

Ever since it was first introduced to The Joint ­Commission's Medical Staff standards in 2007, the concept of focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) has been something of a bugbear for hospit...

The best way to mass vaccinate the general public during flu season is to make flu shots as accessible as possible, and access doesn't get any easier then rolling down your window and rolling up your ...