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...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 6
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
The Joint Commission has turned its attention?or rather, turned its attention back to?the ever-evolving world of healthcare information technology in its latest Sentinel Event Alert (SEA #54), released at the end of March. The Joint Commission previously addressed information technology in...
The California Department of Public Health last week fined 12 hospitals after investigations found the facilities caused patient deaths or serious injuries.
A Journal of the American Medical Association article calls on physicians to work together and take a leadership role in efforts to improve quality and patient safety.
