Category: Quality

The Joint Commission has enhanced its survey process for 2025, after calls from member organizations to alleviate administrative burden with more modernized and improved tools.

Press Ganey released its annual list of Human Experience Award recipients Jan. 7, recognizing eight hospitals for excellence in clinical quality. 

As some physicians decide to forgo routinely checking patient weight, others still consider weigh-ins a vital part of patient care, according to a Dec. 26 report from The New York Times.

As some physicians decide to forgo routinely checking patient weight, others still consider weigh-ins a vital part of patient care, according to a Dec. 26 report from The New York Times.

Emergency department physicians vary widely in their decisions about whether to admit a patient, and individuals hospitalized by physicians with higher readmission rates are more likely to be discharged within 24 hours, according to a new study led by …

Mandated reporters at hospitals are more likely to suspect Black pediatric patients of abuse than white patients, according to a study published Dec. 18 in JAMA. 

On Jan. 1, two health system leaders will join the Joint Commission’s governing board. 

Building trust in healthcare cannot be accomplished with a checklist. 

In November, NYU Langone clinicians successfully transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney into an Alabama woman.

In 2023, 24.3% of U.S. adults reported having chronic pain, and in the past three months, 8.5% experienced high-impact chronic pain, according to the CDC.