Innovation and design thinking is a fascinating methodology that holds much promise for healthcare. Although other industries, such as manufacturing and telecommunications, have harnessed the power that design thinking can hold, healthcare is just beginning to truly embrace and apply some of the...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 4
Ectopic pregnancy will be used throughout this article to illustrate some of the 2010 standards, highlighting The Joint Commission’s addition of hazardous medications to several standards in 2009. The purpose of this article is illustrating the application of several standards to a health...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 4
In a year that saw budgets cut, travel expenses slashed, and jobs lost, it is unsurprising to report that 2009 did not see major increases in salary for accreditation specialists and survey coordinators across the country. What the 2010 AHAP Salary Survey discovered, however, is that increases...
The AHAP Blog is running a contest for a drawing to win a free seat to its annual conference in Las Vegas to be held on May 6-7, 2010. The contest will pick a monthly AHAP member as the winner in March, and April.
True or false: There are many processes that can be measured and often more improvement opportunities than an organization can handle at the same time. As a result, it is important that the organization’s leaders take time to establish the improvement priorities for the organization.
Revisions to Medical Staff standard MS.01.01.01 have received approval from The Joint Commission and will go into place March 31, 2011, an official announcement from the accrediting organization states.
True or false: When we identify that a patient is a potential suicide risk, it is important to identify factors which could increase or decrease that risk and take the steps that are necessary to decrease the risk.
