Every healthcare organization has a process for annual performance appraisals; in fact, it is a requirement. The strategy, implementation, and functional steps in any annual performance appraisal process or system are innately similar to the focused standards assessment that is...
A report released on December 2, by the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) decreased 17% from 2010?2013.
Few things in work create as much apprehension and stress as the annual evaluation. It is a laborious, tedious, and essential requirement of leadership, which at times feels like an impossible standard: How do you capture an entire year's worth of performance in a conversation...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 2
Good catch, bad outcome, and ugly truth: These were the three themes established by infection control specialist Lisa Waldowski, MS, APRN, CIC, during her recent presentation on infection prevention and control in The Joint Commission's Hospital Executive Briefings....
A partnership between an Indiana hospital and the Walgreens pharmacy chain eventually led to a program that has reduced unplanned hospital readmissions by 46% for participating patients.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that this season’s flu vaccine was only 12% effective for adults aged 18 to 49 and 14% effective for those 50 and older.
