Keep an eye on the AHAP blog for a summary of what we learned at Executive Briefings last week!...

True or false: Verbal orders must be signed within 48 hours. ...

The Joint Commission intents to expand its ambulatory health care organization accreditation process by adding a primary care home option....

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True or false: It is not necessary to use two patient identifiers when you are administering medications to a patient you have been taking care of and you know the patient’s medications....

The Joint Commission issued a brief reminder to organizations on how to provide feedback and comments on Joint Commission standards....

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A new report released by The Leapfrog Group shows that computer physician order entry (CPOE) systems can potentially miss half of routine medication orders and one-third of potentially fatal medicatio...

Are you confident enough about your Joint Commission survey results to post them online? Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston did. Luckily, the survey turned out to be one of its best inspec...

The Joint Commission took a giant step forward in 2009 when it began to include the D icon next to the elements of performance (EP) that require documentation. This ended the long debate over whether ...