Brookwood Medical Center (BWMC), a Tenet facility in Birmingham, AL, has an active, cohesive, and well-led education department. I believe employees are not fully aware of the extensive coordination and work that goes into keeping the nurses current and informed. With more than 800 nurses...
Previously, BOJ spoke with Northwest Texas Healthcare System (NWTHS) in Amarillo about its Continuous Readiness Review (CRR) plan that was implemented for survey preparation. NWTHS recently had a chance to see how the new CRR plan worked—Joint Commission surveyors arrived in May, and the...
AHAP is happy to announce that its next Working Group Call will take place on Thursday, October 21 at 3 pm EST (2 pm Central, 12 pm Pacific). Further details to come this week, so stay tuned!
Hello, AHAP members. The organization had a representative in the audience at the New York Executive Briefings session, and I just wanted to sum up a few observations and notes. There was no breaking news to speak of, but this year was one of the most interesting in recent memory–the...
True or false: It is not necessary to use statistical tools (graphs, charts, sampling methods, etc.) and techniques to analyze and display your performance improvement data.
The Joint Commission has announced the launch of the Targeted Solutions Tool™ (TST), an interactive tool designed to streamline the process for solving healthcare’s most persistent quality and safety issues.