The 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities report, released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in April, found that access to and quality of healthcare have improved over the last several years, but that poor households generally experience less access and lower...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 6
Early reports of first-quarter survey experiences are starting to trickle in, and, according to some sources and organizations already surveyed by The Joint Commission this year, things are a little different.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 6
With CMS and The Joint Commission increasingly pushing to make sure facilities are following requirements and standards regarding mental health, now is a good time to assess your own facility's mental health resources. But what happens when you're in a facility without a behavioral health...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 6
This is the second installment of a three-part series where the authors introduce the idea of workforce analytics and its impacts to hospital organizations.
The California Department of Public Health last week fined 12 hospitals after investigations found the facilities caused patient deaths or serious injuries.
A Journal of the American Medical Association article calls on physicians to work together and take a leadership role in efforts to improve quality and patient safety.
