We’ve wrapped up another great year at the annual AHAP conference. Thank you to all of our speakers, poster presenters, AHAP members, and attendees who made this year’s conference a succ...

AHAP’s annual conference takes place this week, Thursday, May 10 and Friday, May 11....

True or False: Hospitals must test their Emergency Operations Plan twice a year. These tests must be documented and evaluated. Hospitals are not permitted to use their response to an actual event as...

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) announced this week a new hospital accreditation program....

The next quarterly working group call will take place on Wednesday, May 23rd at 2pm EST (1pm Central, 11am Pacific). These calls are free to join for AHAP members, simply sign up to reserve a spot!...

As Hurricane Irene came sweeping up the East Coast last summer, it was hard to imagine how widespread the storm's effects would be, particularly on states not ­usually heavily impacted by hurrican...

Two U.S. senators have called for the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a task force to develop strategies to reduce unnecessary hospitalization related to adverse drug events. CMS re...

In November 2011, The Joint Commission issued a revised version of standard IC.02.04.01, regarding the influenza vaccine for licensed independent practitioners (LIP) and staff. This standard applied t...

As Hurricane Irene came sweeping up the East Coast last summer, it was hard to imagine how widespread the storm's effects would be, particularly on states not ­usually heavily impacted by hurricanes. ...

True or False: A verbal order entered into the patient record should be both dated and timed (if your hospital is using the Joint Commission for deemed status purpose). ...