More than 150 healthcare organizations, food companies, and animal health organizations met at the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship last week and pledged to incorporate changes over the next five years to slow the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, preserve the effectiveness of...
The Joint Commission offered some tips on how to maintain fire extinguishing equipment, an area that is perennially on the list of most-cited standards.
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
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 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...