The 2011 Salary Survey Report has been uploaded and is available for viewing on the AHAP website. You can find it under the Benchmarking Surveys tab, or just click here.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have released a much-anticipated final rule intended to ease the burden of cumbersome credentialing and privileging requirements for the use of telemedicine providers. This final rule revises the existing Conditions of Participation (CoP)...
The 2011 Salary Survey Report has been uploaded and is available for viewing on the AHAP website. You can find it under the Benchmarking Surveys tab, or just click here.
According to the latest edition of the Archive of Surgery, a basic bedside technique of gently probing a surgical incision to clean the area can result in significantly reduced rates of infection,...
The recording of last week’s working group call on Environment of Care has been uploaded and is available for listening on the AHAP website. You can find it under the Working Group Calls tab, or just click here.
Sometimes a patient's declining condition is obvious. But in a busy hospital with patients who are sometimes very ill, recognizing problems isn't so easy. Nurses often have lots of patients and piles of paperwork.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 5
Editor's note: Below is the conclusion of our article from the April edition of BOJ on the recent survey experience of Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove, IL, which experienced five Disease-Specific Certification programs.
