Revisions to Medical Staff standard MS.01.01.01 have received approval from The Joint Commission and will go into place March 31, 2011, an official announcement from the accrediting organization state...

A patient death or serious disability due to a healthcare-acquired infection should be treated as a _______________....

For anyone who missed it, AHAP recently released its annual salary survey. Members can download the complete report here....

The Joint Commission recently identified a few small tweaks to a pair of NPSGs and released the details via their homepage. The changes were:...

True or false: When we identify that a patient is a potential suicide risk, it is important to identify factors which could increase or decrease that risk and take the steps that are necessary to decr...

The AHAP Blog is running a contest for a drawing to win a free seat to its annual conference in Las Vegas to be held on May 6-7, 2010. The contest will pick a monthly AHAP member as the winner in Marc...

True or false: If data collection shows that handoff communication results are not falling within the established time frames, the hospital can simply continue to monitor results. There is no need to ...

We’re happy to announce the first winner of the AHAP Conference contest. The winner receives a free registration to the 2010 AHAP Conference in May. By random drawing, the winner is:...

The AHAP Blog is running a contest for a drawing to win a free seat to its annual conference in Las Vegas to be held on May 6-7, 2010. The contest will pick a monthly AHAP member as the winner in Marc...

True or false: An important part of the preop verification process that occurs in the preprocedure area is to ensure that all essential documentation is complete, available, and correct....