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New antibiotic stewardship playbook meshes NQF, CDC, and Joint Commission guidelines

February 13, 2026

Policies and Procedures

Released late last month, the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care: A Practical Playbook is broken into five core elements focused on proper antibiotic usage: Lead...

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Study: 45% of ICU physicians suffering from severe burnout

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff

Earlier this month, the Critical Care Societies Collaborative published a report that found that 45% of critical care physicians and 25%-33% critical care nurses working in the U.S. are currently suff...

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CMS finalizes new emergency preparedness rule

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS announced on September 8 that it had finalized new emergency response requirements for healthcare providers participating in the Medicare or Medicaid system.The new rules go into effect on Novembe...

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Blood management guidelines save $2 million and reduce blood use 30%

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

At Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Tennessee, a multidisciplinary team has been working on evidence-based guidelines for limiting blood use and waste....

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Study: Culture of safety scores have no impact on catheter infections

February 13, 2026

Infection Control

Many hospitals have focused on improving their culture of safety through a patient safety culture survey provided to staff members. But according to new research from the University of Michigan, the r...

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AHRQ toolkit teaches how to face up to medical errors

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published an online toolkit this May that teaches how to talk with patients when a medical error occurs. ...

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Joint Commission Leadership standard now aligns with CMS

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

On January 9, 2017, Joint Commission Leadership (LD) standard 01.03.01, element of performance (EP) 12, for home health and hospice will be expanded to apply to hospitals, critical access hospitals, a...

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Webinar: How Parkland Health & Hospital System Successfully Implemented a Suicide Risk Screening Program

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety

Date: Tuesday, February 7, 1:00-2:30 p.m. EST Presented by: Kimberly Roaten, PhD, CRC Celeste Johnson, DNP, APRN, PMH CNS Level of Program: Intermediate Summary: Suicides were the third most comm...

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CMS releases potential reporting measures

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS last week released a list of 97 reporting measures for hospitals, clinician practices, nursing homes, dialysis facilities, and other settings. The measures are being considered for use in Medicare...

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CMS extends eCQM reporting deadline

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

In a new blog post, CMS announced that it was extending its electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) submissions to March 13, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. PST. This gives facilities and extra 13 days to get t...

New antibiotic stewardship playbook meshes NQF, CDC, and Joint Commission guidelines

Study: 45% of ICU physicians suffering from severe burnout

CMS finalizes new emergency preparedness rule

Blood management guidelines save $2 million and reduce blood use 30%

Study: Culture of safety scores have no impact on catheter infections

AHRQ toolkit teaches how to face up to medical errors

Joint Commission Leadership standard now aligns with CMS

Webinar: How Parkland Health & Hospital System Successfully Implemented a Suicide Risk Screening Program

CMS releases potential reporting measures

CMS extends eCQM reporting deadline

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