According to a new study by the New England Journal of Medicine, the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Program (Medicare’s largest value-based purchasing demonstration for hospitals) did not reduce 30-day mortality more than hospital quality reporting alone.
Hello, AHAP members. We don’t often mention it, but did you know three of our advisory board members are also instructors for the Accreditation Specialist Boot Camp series? In fact, two board members, Jodi Eisenberg and Jean Clark, were part of the exclusive team who helped create this two...
AHAP is accepting applications to be a poster presenter at the 2012 AHAP conference through Friday, April 13. We’ve received a lot of interest in this offering and only have a few spots left.
Much has been made of alarm fatigue and its impact on patient safety in the past year. Following that discussion further, The Joint Commission has announced that it is gathering information on clinical alarm management and seeks input from the field.
This year’s AHAP conference, to be held May 10-11 at the Hilton at Walt Disney World® Resort in Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), FL is sure to be a valuable and educational networking resource for you, and we’re happy to announce that we have two more reasons why:
Q: Our assessment for compliance with the LSC has been made, and some deficiencies have been identified. The problem is that some of these deficiencies will take longer than 45 days to resolve. What should be my plan of action?
