True or false: A preanesthesia assessment of the patient is required prior to the administration of anesthesia.

I just wanted to let you know that we’ve finally nailed down a date for the seventh annual AHAP conference. The 2013 AHAP conference will be held on June 6-7, 2013, and we’re going back to Vegas! The Flamingo Las Vegas Casino & Hotel will be hosting us this year, and we hope you...

True or false: Adverse drug reactions, as well as medication errors, pose a serious safety risk to patients. Hospitals must have a process in place to monitor and provide care to the patient, as well as to report the error to the physician.

Every few months we like to send out a request looking for member success stories—a new policy, a successful way of addressing a top cited standard, a new quality initiative—that a member has been a part of at their organization and would like to let people know about.