Bernard McDonnell, DO, a retired physician and current surveyor for Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, previously identified “20 Questions Surgery Centers Should Ask to Ensure an Acceptable ...

Hospitals can’t provide high-quality care if patient misidentification occurs, as the errors resulting from misidentification can have significant consequences for patient safety and the organizations ...

The accreditation process can be challenging for ASCs, but it remains one of the best ways for facilities to demonstrate their commitment to patient safety. Here, leaders from three leading ...

Understand the principles of immunohematology in order to learn the principles involved in the performance of compatibility testing and associated applications including: the importance of the ...

Medical facilities have little room for error when it comes to identifying patients. They must be identified with 100% accuracy to ensure healthcare teams provide the ...

CHIME on Tuesday, through a partnership with SpaceX-affiliated crowdfunding site HeroX, launched a $1 million patient identification contest in the hope that private industry can fix the safety risks ...

White House chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra was trying to encourage meaningful use of health IT last week by playing up some success stories with health information exchange in the federal ...