True or false: It is important to train staff members to be able to recognize early warning signs of cardiac or respiratory arrest because early response to these changes may reduce cardiopulmonary ar...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a notice of proposed changes to the inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS). These proposed changes include language for adopt...

True or false: More people are receiving organ/tissue transplants each year, and those individuals who receive transplanted organs/tissues are living much longer....

Attention AHAP Members: Make sure to keep an eye out on the home page and the AHAP blog over the next week or so as the next working group call topic and date will be announced....

Q: What type of emphasis does The Joint Commission place on the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) during survey?...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (­AHRQ) has released Common Formats Version 1.1, including technical specifications, which will help hospitals further standardize the collection and...

Inside: Start from the beginning Focused Professional Practice Evaluation: Keep it simple Joint Commission announces deletion of MOS changes 2010 hospital MOS changes effective April 26 and July 1 (pd...

Engaged nurses who feel like they work in an organization that values their efforts and opinions have an incredibly positive effect on the quality of care patients receive. Studies have shown that org...

For years, the Medical Staff standard MS.01.01.01 has been a battleground for hospitals—an ongoing issue of bylaws versus rules and regulations and the right way for organized medical staffs, me...

In 2007, The Joint Commission issued the Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) standard as a means to evaluate a privilege-specific competence of a practitioner who does not have documented ...