We’d like to report some exciting news: former Joint Commission vice president and long-time advisor to AHAP’s sister publications such as Briefings on The Joint Commission, Joseph L. Cappiello, has been named the chief operating officer for the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (...
The Joint Commission has just released a new R3 report examining the 2012 National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) related to catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 10
Hospitals have been working toward better patient satisfaction for years. Now, with patient experience survey results posted publicly and a new national value-based purchasing system in place, it's more important than ever to understand what positively and negatively affects a patient's time...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 10
Every hospital that receives reimbursement from Medicare or Medicaid must follow certain Conditions of Participation (CoP) set out by CMS. The agency recently issued a memo to update five sections of the hospital CoP manual.
With the advent of electronic health record implementation, never-ending administrative duties, and unrelenting changes, it's no surprise that practitioners often talk about losing the joy of caregiving. In fact, many patient safety and quality conferences have begun to focus on this theme....
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 10
