Healthcare providers face a number of difficult challenges in the year ahead, only one of which is to improve patient care while reducing costs. The way to success, according to Maureen Bisognano, p...

When hands are contaminated or visibly dirty, select which of the following statements is true: ...

The Joint Commission has opened for field review a proposed requirement intended to establish performance expectations for ORYX accountability measures in hospitals....

We’re taking suggestions for the next working group call and looking for members interested in presenting on a recent success story or best practice....

Think back to the last time you sought medical care. You went to a healthcare facility trusting that you would be cared for and made to feel safe. However, what if, upon arrival, the forms that ...

Are you questioning your readiness for the recently approved Joint Commission patient-provider communication standards? Although these standards don’t have a firm implementation date when they...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Describe methods on how to incorporate the Survey Activity Guide into survey preparation Discuss ways to combine a pre-survey agenda with the...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Describe methods on how to incorporate the Survey Activity Guide into survey preparation Discuss ways to combine a pre-survey agenda with the...

The patient's medical record should contain information needed to: ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new rule for hospital inpatient value-based purchasing that plans to give monetary incentive for hospitals to meeting and excee...