Every survey is a little bit different, but during Maine Medical Partners' most recent survey visit by The Joint Commission, it saw something no one had ever encountered before: The surveyors locked themselves in the bathroom. On purpose. "I've never seen surveyors be quite this interactive,"...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 25, Issue 9
There has to be a better way of developing risk matrices. This was the theory developed by Alan J. Card, MPH, CPH, CPHQ, PhD, president and CEO of Evidence-Based Health Solutions, LLC, and a doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre while working with his...
A Durham, North Carolina ophthalmologist and hospital were found negligent by a jury after a drug mix-up during cataract surgery left a patient with severe eye damage.
An important objective of medication reconciliation is to resolve discrepancies between home medications and the medications being ordered in the hospital. Name five examples of a discrepancy.
A new study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology found that superbugs grew at an alarming rate in hospitals and healthcare facilities in the southeastern United States from 2008 to 2012.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to launch antibiotic stewardship programs to reduce antibiotic overuse and prevent the spread of drug-resistant organisms.
