For those of you following The Joint Commission’s ongoing “Speak Up” campaign for patient education, the accrediting body has released a new video (and transcript) in the series. T...

The July issue of the AHAP Insider is now posted on the AHAP website and available for download. This quarter’s issue features the 2012 salary survey results benchmarking report, profiles of t...

True or False: The Medical Staff bylaws should identify who is allowed to grant temporary privileges during a hospital emergency. ...

We just wanted to let you know about an upcoming webcast that accreditation professionals might be interested in listening to....

Q: During our recent survey, the surveyor cited lack of proactive determination of FPPE for a physician and lack of specific criteria identified to be evaluated. How can I clarify this? ...

The range of accreditation options is wider than it's ever been. Hospitals and healthcare systems have more options to weigh than ever before. During his presentation at the 2012 Association for Healt...

At the end of May, CMS released its latest revisions to the Conditions of Participation (CoP) for hospitals and ­critical access hospitals (CAH). "These changes are an integral part of our &s...

Part of AHAP's role as an accreditation specialist network is to provide survey coordinators the chance to swap stories about recent surveys. Part of this is for ­curiosity's sake-what was your su...

The range of accreditation options is wider than it's ever been. Hospitals and healthcare systems have more options to weigh than ever before. During his presentation at the 2012 Association for Healt...

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)-a longtime accrediting body for ambulatory facilities-has announced that it will enter the hospital accreditation space with its new ho...