Q: I was recently assigned the chapter leader for the Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual (RI) chapter. What are my responsibilities?...

Cultural awareness has risen to the top of healthcare development and concerns in recent years. Ensuring that patients' needs are met, that they understand the ­education given to them, that appro...

The Joint Commission has recently issued a set of FAQs regarding the use of unlicensed persons as scribes and how the organization's standards address this practice. It is worthwhile to take a look at...

Cultural awareness has risen to the top of healthcare development and concerns in recent years. Ensuring that patients' needs are met, that they understand the ­education given to them, that appro...

Fill in the blank: When a hospital uses The Joint Commission for the purposes of deemed status, it must ensure that entries into patient medical records are ___________ and ___________. ...

Will any of you be headed to Brooklyn for Executive Briefings on September 5th? AHAP will be represented in the audience there (I’ll be in attendance to listen in on what The Joint Commission ...

We’re looking for AHAP members who have a success story they’d like to share, either at our next working group call or in an upcoming newsletter article? If you are interested in speakin...

The Joint Commission has released a new FAQ this week for hospitals for requirements for laboratory reports in the medical record. The FAQ addresses the question of whether captured data in differen...

We’re looking for AHAP members who have a success story they’d like to share, either at our next working group call or in an upcoming newsletter article?...

We’re looking for AHAP members who have a success story they’d like to share, either at our next working group call or in an upcoming newsletter article?...