The Joint Commission is proposing a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) addressing growing concerns around the overuse of certain treatments, procedures, and tests. The accrediting organization has launched a field review on the proposed NPSG and will be accepting comments through...
AHAP Members: The association is once again working with its sister newsletter, Briefings on The Joint Commission, to highlight some of the excellent projects our members have implemented in the past year.
In August, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed 41 new measures of pediatric care quality covering a wide range of child care, from prenatal care to blood pressure and physical development screening for youth ages 13 through 18.
The U.S. population is growing in size. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about one-third of the nation's adults are obese, and many of them become patients at U.S. hospitals, in need of surgeries of varying kinds.
The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable.
The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable.