When patients at the VA Medical Center in Portland, Ore., were given access to key parts of their electronic health records such as visit notes, lab results and discharge summaries, they believed that the ability to view their records helped them in many ways.
As the healthcare industry continues to evolve and endure periods of upheaval, smart and savvy nurse leadership has never been more critical. But as Judy Watland, R.N., MSN, Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer/Nurse Executive at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, CA, told me...
True or False: Only tertiary care hospitals are required to have written policies and procedures on the handling of specimens that are taken/removed during surgery.
Join us for the 7th Annual Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) Conference on June 6-7 in Las Vegas! Previous attendees can attest – The AHAP conference provides invaluable knowledge and education on quality improvement, Environment of Care, and compliance...
The 2013 AHAP conference, to be held June 6-7, 2013 at The Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, will include a poster session as part of its conference offerings. It’s an informal way for hospitals to share their accreditation- and survey-related successes with each other,...
Columbus Regional Hospital has been recognized by the Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium as the first community-based independent hospital to achieve Heart Failure Center re-accreditation in 2013. The colloquium has pioneered “continual accreditation” requiring hospitals to add additional...
A team from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, collaborating with a team in Bern, Switzerland, is closer to a formula that accurately predicts which patients with medical illnesses (but not surgical patients) will return within 30 days, and which of those they can prevent. Source:...
On November 6, 2000, the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act was signed into law, and since then, there has been a significant decrease in sharps injuries. However, a coalition called Safe in Common is working hard to reinitiate safety efforts around sharps, believing that the healthcare...
