Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

From the AHAP Blog: A different kind of accreditation news

March 6, 2012
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

While the AHAP Blog tries to stay focused on hospital accreditation, we also like to keep you informed on related topics outside the realm of CMS and The Joint Commission, such as physician education, as it can impact many areas of standards compliance in the future.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

What’s new with AHAP: Last chance to participate in our benchmarking survey

March 6, 2012
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

If you haven’t already, here's another chance for you join in on the first benchmarking survey of 2012 on recent survey observations.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Q&A: Labeling medications on the sterile field

March 6, 2012
Quality & Errors

Q: Surveyors continue to scrutinize anesthesia and the back table. How do I get anesthesia to make sure they label syringes?

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 3

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, March 2012

March 1, 2012
Patient Safety

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) will soon kick off its annual Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW), which runs March 4-10.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 3

NPSF kicks off Patient Safety Awareness Week

March 1, 2012
Patient Safety

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) will soon kick off its annual Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW), which runs March 4-10.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 3

Survey success highlights medical records, ­medication management

March 1, 2012
Quality & Errors

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Discuss the role of tracers in recent Joint Commission surveys
  • Identify items discussed during the survey that were not covered in the
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 3

Second generation tracers: Focusing the scope

March 1, 2012
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Ever since The Joint Commission announced its focus on second generation tracers in fall 2011, hospitals have looked for ways to work with their tracer process to make the most of this new concept. Traditional tracers, since they first arrived on the scene, have been an integral...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 13, Issue 3

NQF releases new Serious Reportable Events

March 1, 2012
Quality & Errors

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has released an updated list of its Serious Reportable Events (SRE) in a new report, Serious Reportable Events In Healthcare-2011 Update: A Consensus.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 3

Briefings on the Joint Commission, March 2012

March 1, 2012
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Discuss the role of tracers in recent Joint Commission surveys
  • Identify items discussed during the survey that were not covered in the
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 3

Analyzing adverse events: OIG finds hospital incident reporting systems come up short

March 1, 2012
Quality & Errors

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Identify the documentation and research by the OIG ­discussing adverse events in hospitals
  • Discuss Conditions of Participation that look
    • ...

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