Would a patient death while in restraint or seclusion be considered a sentinel event? ...

Earlier this week, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the approval of deeming authority for the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities ...

AHAP will be launching a survey this week on tracers, which will help inform our July working group call (date TBD) on the same topic. Keep an eye on the listserv and blog for a chance to participat...

Lab AdvantageTM has launched a new web site to help highlight the concerted efforts of The Joint Commission, the American Proficiency Institute (API) and the American Society for Clinical Pathology...

We are currently looking for ideas or potential speakers for our next working group call. Have a topic idea? A best practice or success story you’d like to share with the association? Have you...

True or false: Femoral veins are the preferred sites for the insertion of central venous catheters. ...

True or false: The Joint Commission expects critical results and values to be reported to the caregiver in a timely fashion. ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have released a set of ten Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the topic of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation....

AHAP is currently looking for topic suggestions for its upcoming benchmarking survey. If there are any particular topics you’d like us to report on, please contact Matt Phillion directly at mp...

In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee released a new set of guidelines to eliminate central line-associated b...