AHAP Members: The association is once again working with its sister newsletter, Briefings on The Joint Commission, to highlight some of the excellent projects our members have implemented in the pa...

The U.S. population is growing in size. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about one-third of the nation's adults are obese, and many of them become patients at U.S. hospita...

Editor's note: Joseph L. Cappiello was recently named chief operating officer for the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). BOJ had a chance to sit down and chat with Cappiello about HFA...

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The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable. ...

By now, HIPAA is well known to the healthcare community. Hospital staff and physicians have long been practicing a strict standard of patient privacy....

Test staff members' knowledge of The Joint Commission's Provision of Care standards with the following quiz. ...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Discuss Life Safety's place in the top-cited standards in 2010 and the first half of 2011 Describe standards and elements of performance that ...

On April 15, 2010, President Obama issued a moving presidential memorandum on hospital visitation and patient representation that began: There are few moments in our lives that call for greater comp...

The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable. ...