Many hospitals across the nation are already working with health IT, including electronic health records (EHR) and bar code scanning-especially as CMS' Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs (commonly referred to as "meaningful use") promise to provide incentive payments to eligible...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 6
Ever since it was first introduced to The Joint Commission's Medical Staff standards in 2007, the concept of focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) has been something of a bugbear for hospitals. In theory, this sort of quality analysis and review makes perfect sense, but implementation...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 6
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is often called "the quiet accreditor." One of the small group of organizations granted deeming authority by CMS to accredit hospitals, HFAP has been a part of the healthcare accreditation landscape for over 60 years. But, much like its...
Many hospitals across the nation are already working with health IT, including electronic health records (EHR) and bar code scanning-especially as CMS' Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs (commonly referred to as "meaningful use") promise to provide incentive payments...
Patient safety has long stood on a variety of tenets, some of which have formed the process and basis for how professionals (both leaders and clinicians) conduct improvement work. Some of these are well-known and accepted: Patient safety is a right. A high level of patient safety performance...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 6
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is often called "the quiet accreditor." One of the small group of organizations granted deeming authority by CMS to accredit hospitals, HFAP has been a part of the healthcare accreditation landscape for over 60 years. But, much like its...
Many hospitals struggle with readmissions, and sometimes a readmission might be out of the control of the hospital. Still, when Jan Williams, RN, BSN, program director for the Health Enhancement Program (HEP) at Mary Lanning Memorial Healthcare (MLMH) in Hastings, Neb., and the...
If you haven’t had a chance yet to participate in this year’s Accreditation Professional Salary Survey, make sure you check it out by the end of this week. It is completely anonymous, as always. Remember, the more participants we...
Here at AHAP, we know that networking with your colleagues to share information is important to you, and that sometimes communicating over the internet isn’t enough. So, we’re well on our way to facilitating local chapters. We mentioned the launch of local chapters at the AHAP conference a...