these patients find themselves in the hospital for a variety of reasons, the process of medication reconciliation continues to be a problem without a perfect solution.
Baystate Health, a healthcare system based in Springfield, Mass., saw an opportunity to increase ...
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...
Last month BOJ took a close look at the top 10 most-cited standards in the past year, a list dominated by life safety and facilities issues-a full seven out of 10 standards fell under Life Safety (LS) and Environment of Care (EC) chapters. This month, let's delve a little deeper into the most-...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 12
Last month BOJ took a close look at the top 10 most-cited standards in the past year, a list dominated by life safety and facilities issues-a full seven out of 10 standards fell under Life Safety (LS) and Environment of Care (EC) chapters. This month, let's delve a little deeper into the most-...
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.