AHAP’s next working group call is TODAY, January 25th at 3 pm EST (2 pm Central, Noon Pacific). The organization HR Solutions, Inc., recently partnered with the American Hospital Association&r...

As part of the organization’s ongoing process to comply with CMS Conditions of Participation (CoP), The Joint Commission announced this week revisions and additions to the elements of performa...

The new benchmarking report has been added to the AHAP website, and is now available for download....

True or false: Patient and family education is a critical component when discharging a patient who is at risk for suicide. ...

The Joint Commission continues to request comments on its proposed National Patient Safety Goals for 2012 intended to address ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and catheter-associated tract infect...

AHAP’s next working group call will take place on January 25th at 3 pm EST (2 pm Central, Noon Pacific)....

True or false: Medication containers should be labeled when performing procedures outside of the operating room. ...

The Joint Commission’s Center for Transforming Healthcare has published a new online video detailing its Surgical Site Infection (SSI) project....

Keep an eye out for the downloadable version of the Survey Coordinator’s Handbook, 12th Edition, on the AHAP site this week....

As consultants, we still see citations issued to hospitals for failure to adequately monitor clinical contracted services provided to their patients. Do you know whether you are doing a satisfactory j...