The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) TrendWatch has released a recent report looking at hospital readmissions and what quality of care issues might be interconnected to readmission rates.
Save the date for the 6th annual AHAP Conference, May 10-11,2012 in Orlando, FL!
The 6th Annual AHAP Conference is the live event for all things related to hospital accreditation. Take advantage of this annual event to network with other accreditation professionals from across...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a press release this week to give added support to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (COP) rules released in November of last year giving patients the right to choose their own visitors...
I was recently out to a business lunch and had an amazing server who clearly delighted in the work she was doing. When a colleague complimented her service excellence, she replied, "I think of each table as a new experience." She went on to describe her good fortune to work in an environment...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 9
Chronic wounds not only affect millions of patients, but they also represent a significant burden to the healthcare professionals who are trying to manage and assess them.
