Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

What’s new with AHAP!

January 11, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

AHAP’s next working group call will take place on January 25th at 3 pm EST (2 pm Central, Noon Pacific).

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

AHAP Staff Challenge: Medication Safety

January 4, 2011
Quality & Errors

True or false: Medication containers should be labeled when performing procedures outside of the operating room.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

From the AHAP Blog: Center for transforming healthcare releases new video

January 4, 2011
Quality & Errors

The Joint Commission’s Center for Transforming Healthcare has published a new online video detailing its Surgical Site Infection (SSI) project.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

What’s new with AHAP!

January 4, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Keep an eye out for the downloadable version of the Survey Coordinator’s Handbook, 12th Edition, on the AHAP site this week.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 1

Briefings on The Joint Commission January 2011

January 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Inside:

  • Move to electronic policies and procedures streamlines organization
  • Having confidence in your contractors’ performance
  • Taking training on the road: Nurses take evidence-based research improvements to Africa
  • Nursing documentation tips and challenges
    • ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1

Patient Safety Monitor Journal January 2011

January 1, 2011
Patient Safety

Inside:

  • Better teams, better checklists, better care
  • Critical to your QI efforts: Engaging busy bedside nurses
  • New year, new patient safety resolutions
  • Can you give us a review of current Universal Protocol?
  • Patient Safety Monitor Journal
    • ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1

Patient Safety Monitor Journal 2010 index

January 1, 2011
Patient Safety

Case studies

California hospital develops electronic med rec application. March, p. 8.

Capturing pharmacy interventions as near misses. Dec., p. 1.

Colorado hospital evaluates ‘missed opportunities’ in rapid response teams. April, p. 6.

Commitment from senior...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 1

Nursing documentation tips and challenges

January 1, 2011
Quality & Errors

When it comes to nursing documentation, a few areas tend to trip up organizations, requiring them to refocus their efforts. Let’s examine these areas.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1

New year, new patient safety resolutions

January 1, 2011
Patient Safety

As cliché as it might sound, the start of a new year brings a new opportunity to pause and plan for the 12 months ahead. Even though many of us run operations on a separate fiscal year, where budget planning takes precedence for new strategies and projects, I’m a firm believer that the beginning...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1

Can you give us a review of current Universal Protocol?

January 1, 2011
Patient Safety

Q. Can you give an update on Universal Protocol™? What is currently expected of us?

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