The January 2018 issue of The Joint Commission’s Perspectives addresses the recommendations that came from the Expert Panel’s third...

Sara Baramzadeh, PhD, MArch et-al published a study in 2018 in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association to determine...

CMS Dec 2017 – CMS released a Clarification of Ligature Risk Policy to its State Survey Agency Directors on December 8, 2017.  In the...

The Joint Commission has released their recommendations regarding Hospital Environmental Hazards for Providers and Surveyors. In an...

This email is being sent out on behalf of Mark Pelletier, Chief Operating Officer- Accreditation and Certification Operations. Dear...

For many years The Joint Commission (TJC) has had “Deemed Status” from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which means...

An evidence based research paper by Sara Bayramzadeh, PhD, that was published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal in...

Sara Baramzadeh, PhD, MArch published an independent study in 2017 in the Health Environments Research and Design Journal to determine if...

By: James M. Hunt, AIA, NCARB: and David M. Sine, DrBE, CSP, ARM, CPHRM The concept of integrated healthcare – treating the whole person...

By: Mike Hrickiewicz | This article was originally published in Health Facilities Management. James M. Hunt, AIA, NCARB, principal of...

By: Eagle, Amy | This article was originally published in Health Facilities Management. The psychiatric medical unit at Mercy Health...

By: Julia Brown, Associate Editor | This article was originally published in Behavioral Healthcare. Behavioral Healthcare recently...