When a non-English speaking patient is hospitalized, the hospital must provide translation services. These services could include an on-site...Read More »
Last month in BOJ, we began our discussion of a number of key memos CMS has released impacting hospitals this year. Let's continue our analysis...Read More »
A new player has entered the field for hospital accreditation: The Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) has received deeming...Read More »
Everyone in healthcare knows about the struggles of medication reconciliation and its impact on patient safety and care. The Joint Commission...Read More »
Too many hospitals and healthcare leaders currently experience serious safety failures as routine and inevitable parts of daily work, according to...Read More »
A nurse leader advocates for "positive deviance" in nursing—bending or tweaking rules or guidelines in the interest of positively affecting...Read More »
