Hospital executives are lashing out at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and its emergency department throughput metrics posted on the Hospital Compare website. The measures are the federal government's attempt to hold hospitals publicly accountable for the speed and efficiency...
Join us for the 7th Annual AHAP Conference on June 6-7 in Las Vegas! Previous attendees can attest – The AHAP conference provides invaluable knowledge and education you can’t get anywhere else. And if you’re a member, don’t forget you receive a discounted price. Plus, save an extra $100...
An organization's culture, despite what's written on its mission statement, is the collective body of its staff's behavior. Patients' ongoing interactions with hospital staff create hundreds of opportunities to leave impressions, both positive and negative. It's in these "moments of truth,"...
Patient Safety Awareness Week, an annual education and awareness campaign for healthcare safety sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), is this week, March 3-9, 2013. Join in activities this week at your own facility or online to recognize the advancements that have been...
Join us for the 7th Annual AHAP Conference on June 6-7 in Las Vegas! Previous attendees can attest – The AHAP conference provides invaluable knowledge and education you can’t get anywhere else. And if you’re a member, don’t forget you receive a discounted price. Plus, save an extra $100 off...
The Joint Commission has released the latest in its ongoing series of “Speak Up” patient education and self-advocacy videos this week. This latest video addresses pain and how a patient, as well as their families, can take an active role in their own pain management and assessment....
The threat of penalties as high as 3% of a hospital's Medicare reimbursement has prompted encouraging reductions in costly readmissions, a top representative of the Obama administration told the Senate Finance Committee yesterday. Source:...
