The Joint Commission has revised its accreditation decision process for hospitals undergoing initial surveys.

Hospital rooms contain an increasing number of medical devices that don't talk to one another, which some say is a growing patient safety problem

With CMS and The Joint Commission increasingly pushing to make sure facilities are following requirements and standards regarding mental health, now is a good time to assess your own facility's mental health resources. But what happens when you're in a facility without a behavioral health...

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.