Q: Which staff members should I give notice to once we know when our survey will take place?...

True or false: A preanesthesia assessment of the patient is required prior to the administration of anesthesia. ...

Thanks to all who participated in our latest benchmarking survey, which looked at The Joint Commission’s most cited standards for the first half of 2012 and asked members for their personal fe...

I just wanted to let you know that we’ve finally nailed down a date for the seventh annual AHAP conference. The 2013 AHAP conference will be held on June 6-7, 2013, and we’re going back ...

Q: Which staff members should I give notice to once we know when our survey will take place? ...

Thanks to all who participated in our latest benchmarking survey, which looked at The Joint Commission’s most cited standards for the first half of 2012 and asked members for their personal fe...

Every few months we like to send out a request looking for member success stories—a new policy, a successful way of addressing a top cited standard, a new quality initiative—that a membe...

Q: Which staff members should I give notice to once we know when our survey will take place? ...

Identify the standard where leadership will be held ­accountable for noncompliance Every fall, The Joint Commission unveils updated statistics regarding the standards and ­National Patient Saf...

In May, CMS released revisions to the Medicare final rule for hospital and critical access hospital ­requirements. These revisions went into effect in relatively short order-July 16-and required u...