AHAP members, I’d like to share with you a post first published over on our sister blog, the Patient Safety Monitor Blog....

Would a patient death while in restraint or seclusion be considered a sentinel event? ...

Editor's note: This feature examines Joint Commission standards in greater detail with expert advice from BOJ advisors. This month, Elizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CSHA, a healthcare consult...

Editor's note: The following column is written by Columnist Catherine Hinz, MHA, who currently works at PatientSafe Solutions, Inc. Previously, she served as the patient lead at HealthEast Care System...

U.S. Department of Health and ­Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new ­patient safety initiative, Partnership for Patients, in April. ...

A pediatric patient at Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida, Gainesville made it to the ­operating room (OR) for a surgery likely to require blood, but upon ­arrival, no blood or &sh...

U.S. Department of Health and ­Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new ­patient safety initiative, Partnership for Patients, in April. ...

In November 2010, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert requiring all hospitals to screen ­patients who do not come in with a primary mental health diagnosis and are treated in genera...

The Joint Commission requires which of the following? ...

Test staff members' knowledge of communication standards with the following quiz....