We’re gearing up for the next issue of the AHAP Insider, and we’re looking for AHAP members who have a success story they’d like to share in an upcoming newsletter article. If you are interested in sharing your successes and initiatives, or just have a topic suggestion you’d like to hear...
A new three-hospital system in Escondido, CA boasts design features that enhance quality improvement, including seven or eight evidence-based features that set it apart from any other hospital in the nation.
We’re gearing up for the next issue of the AHAP Insider, and we’re looking for AHAP members who have a success story they’d like to share in an upcoming newsletter article. If you are interested in sharing your successes and initiatives, or just have a topic suggestion you’d like to hear...
The Joint Commission has recently issued a set of FAQs regarding the use of unlicensed persons as scribes and how the organization's standards address this practice. It is worthwhile to take a look at exactly what the accrediting body has to say about this frequently misunderstood issue.
In 2008, CMS published a ruling to stop reimbursing hospitals for certain healthcare-associated infections (HAI), including catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). Four years later, that decision has made...
