Strong, visible support from hospital leadership is just one of several drivers for achieving successful patient experience, according to research results from the Beryl Institute’s most recent patient experience benchmarking study.
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The Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission has charged two unnamed nurses at Seattle Children's Hospital with unprofessional conduct and violations of nursing standards in separate cases of medical errors, according to a Seattle Times news report.
The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has announced David N. Gans, MHSA, FACMPE, and Martin L. Gonzalez, MS, have been named to the AAAHC Institute's board of trustees.
The Nevada Senate has passed a bill that would require hospitals and other healthcare providers to utilize patient safety checklists, which aim to reduce the incidence of medical errors, according to a Reno Gazette-Journal news report.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a series of free educational resources on MRSA and other bacterial skin infections now available for download.
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Results from focus groups and questionnaires showed healthcare workers from Chicago-area hospitals generally exhibited positive perceptions toward legislation requiring MRSA screening, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
LaGrange (Ind.) Surgery Center has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a KPCNews report.
Registered nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., have voted and ratified a new three-year contract with the hospital, under which patient ratios would be reduced to four to five patients per nurse during day and evening shifts and…
Nancy Jo Vinson, RN, BA, CASC, of NJM Consulting recently joined the consulting team of Healthcare Consultants International, a subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
The FDA and the Health Resources and Services Administration have sent out a joint alert telling providers that Weck Hem-o-Lok ligating clips should not be used for the ligation of the renal artery during a laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy because of…