In a January report, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that patients who fall out of bed often do not receive adequate care, including delay in diagnosis, failure to record neurological observations, and delay in-urgent surgery.
The Joint Commission has opened for field review a proposed requirement intended to establish performance expectations for ORYX accountability measures in hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new rule for hospital inpatient value-based purchasing that plans to give monetary incentive for hospitals to meeting and exceed quality and safety measures, and is also intended to make care safer by reducing medical...
AHAP’s next working group call is TODAY, January 25th at 3 pm EST (2 pm Central, Noon Pacific). The organization HR Solutions, Inc., recently partnered with the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity in Health Management to conduct a study on diversity in healthcare. With...
As part of the organization’s ongoing process to comply with CMS Conditions of Participation (CoP), The Joint Commission announced this week revisions and additions to the elements of performance (EP) relating to psychiatric hospital requirements. These new and revised EPs, which will go...
