Given the prevalence of Environment of Care (EC) standards appearing on this year's list of most cited standards, it should come as no surprise that The Joint Commission has focused its latest BoosterPak™ on this chapter. Interestingly, however, the three standards focused on in the...
Very shortly, AHAP Accreditation Connection will be replaced with Accreditation Insider. In addition to the name change, we’ve improved your reading experience with expanded content and enhanced design. We hope you enjoy the new look!
The Joint Commission has announced that it will expand performance measurement requirements for accredited general medical/surgical hospitals from four core measure sets to six, as part of The Joint Commission’s ORYX® performance measurement initiative, effective January 1, 2014.
I just wanted to let you know that we’ve finally nailed down a date for the seventh annual AHAP conference. The 2013 AHAP conference will be held on June 6-7, 2013, and we’re going back to Vegas! The Flamingo Las Vegas Casino & Hotel will be hosting us this year, and we hope you...
On July 20, a gunman set off tear gas and opened fire in a crowded Aurora, Colo., theater at a midnight movie screening, killing 12 and injuring 58 others.