Ever since it was first introduced to The Joint Commission's Medical Staff standards in 2007, the concept of focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) has been something of a bugbear for hospitals. In theory, this sort of quality analysis and review makes perfect sense, but implementation...
If you haven’t had a chance yet to participate in this year’s Accreditation Professional Salary Survey, make sure you check it out by the end of this week. It is completely anonymous, as always. Remember, the more participants we...
Here at AHAP, we know that networking with your colleagues to share information is important to you, and that sometimes communicating over the internet isn’t enough. So, we’re well on our way to facilitating local chapters. We mentioned the launch of local chapters at the AHAP conference a...
Did you miss the second quarterly networking call last week on blanket warmer policies? Good news: we’ve already posted a recording of the call to the AHAP website here. (Note: you will need to log into the...
Q: The surveyor found that on three records, there was lack of pertinent patient problems cited on an initial nursing assessment and lack of documentation on the interdisciplinary plan of care to address individual patient issues. Can I clarify this finding?
The Joint Commission has released pre-publication standards for behavioral healthcare organizations that provide prevention and wellness promotion services. The new standards require that the organization’s prevention and wellness promotion services have a written plan, are managed by...
The next Quarterly Conference Call is scheduled for this Wednesday, May 23, at 2pm EST/1pm Central/11am Pacific. For those members who have signed up, a notification with dial-in instructions should have been sent to you last week.
Have you had a chance to participate in this year’s Accreditation Professional Salary Survey? It is completely anonymous, as always. Remember, the more participants we have, the better and more accurate the data is. We will be sharing the results in a special report in just a few weeks.
