AHAP Blog

Top cited standard summary

Matt Phillion — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:32 +0000

It’s not breaking news, but this brief summary of the top-cited standards in the first half of 2009 will appear on Healthleaders Media on Monday and I wanted to give AHAP members a sneak preview. A more extensive article will also appear in next month’s Briefings on The Joint Commission. Here’s the summary: The Joint Commission has [...]

The Joint Commission appoints new laboratory executive director

Matt Phillion — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:23:07 +0000

The Joint Commission has announced Jennifer F. Rhamy, MBA, MA, MT(ASCP), SBB, HP, as its new executive director of the Laboratory Accreditation Program by the Joint Commission, according to an official November 9 statement. Rhamy is a veteran healthcare professional who has experience in hospital and blood center settings. Most recently, she was involved as a [...]

New benchmarking report released

Matt Phillion — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:09:32 +0000

I just wanted to let you know we’ve released the latest AHAP benchmarking report. This report asked members about their experiences with Lean Six Sigma and ISO standards as well as relevant training. It can be accessed through the AHAP site right here–take a look! As always we’re looking for future topics for these member-only [...]

Joint Commission announces update to PDA

Matt Phillion — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:54:51 +0000

The Joint Commission has announced two changes to its Preliminary Denial of Accreditation (PDA) decision, the elimination of one rule and revision of another. Rule PDA06, which addresses the need to have a license, certificate, or permit, has been altered. Previously, if an organization was found to lack certain specific licenses, certificates, or permits at the time [...]

Working Group Call recording

Matt Phillion — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:25:46 +0000

I just wanted to announce that Thursday’s Working Group Call on “Using Lean in the healthcare setting” was a great success. The group had a lively discussion with some fantastic commentary by featured speakers Sarah Cottington, BS, RHIT, CPHQ, Performance Improvement / RAC Coordinator with Pella Regional Health Center, and AHAP member Ronda Reimer, RN [...]

Announcing Patient Safety Monitor!

Matt Phillion — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:08:52 +0000

HCPro is launching its newest product today: Patient Safety Monitor, an online resource for your patient safety needs. The product features the monthly newsletter Briefings on Patient Safety, a tools library, access to our popular “Patient Safety Talk” listserv, and weekly news alert. The main features is the Crosswalk, which organizes many patient safety-related regulations by [...]

Survey coordinator week?

Matt Phillion — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:29:57 +0000

An AHAP member submitted a question this week that caught my attention and I wanted to throw it out to the membership on the whole for discussion. She asked if there was currently a survey coordinator week (similar to other awareness weeks for various healthcare professions–many of which take place in October/November). What are your thoughts [...]

Working group call sign-ups announced

Matt Phillion — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:03:22 +0000

AHAP members–keep an eye out in your inbox this week. We’ve sent out the official invitation to our latest AHAP working group call! Our next topic: using Lean in the hospital setting. Join your peers on one of the following days to discuss possible best practices for this challenging topic: * Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009, 12-1 p.m. [...]

Guest presenters for our upcoming working group calls

Matt Phillion — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:45:20 +0000

Just wanted to remind everyone of our upcoming working group calls on using Lean in the hospital setting. The calls will take place on November 3 from 12-1 pm EST, and November 5 from 2-3 pm EST. Our guest presenters, talking about their own experience instituting Lean at their facility, are: Sarah Cottington, BS, RHIT, CPHQ, [...]

Save the date–working group calls!

Matt Phillion — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:14:34 +0000

It’s time for our next round of working group calls, and, as always, we invite all AHAP members to attend and participate–the calls are free to members. This time around we’ll discuss incorporating the Lean process into the healthcare setting. Is your hospital using Lean? Researching it? Just curious? Call in to learn more, swap success [...]