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Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Joint Commission introduces Patient Safety chapter

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety

The Joint Commission recently released a new chapter to the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (CAMH) entitled Patient Safety Systems. The chapter is intended to encourage organizations ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Staff Challenge: Rights, Ethics, and Communication

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Fill in the blank: Hospitals must provide information in an understandable format to patients who do not speak English, are deaf, or hearing impaired, or are ____________ or ____________ impaired. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS rule change eliminates unnecessary requirements

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

A new rule from the CMS eliminates regulations seen as excessively burdensome on healthcare providers....

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC vows to change Ebola hospital procedures

February 13, 2026

Infection Control

In the wake of a Dallas nurse testing positive for Ebola, the director of the CDC says new procedures may be needed to prevent infection....

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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APIC's ABCs of antibiotic resistance

February 13, 2026

Environment and Facilities

An executive order from President Obama and a rash of new studies have thrust the importance of antimicrobial stewardship into the national spotlight...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Behavioral health and the ED

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

According to national statistics, anywhere from 25% to 40% of patients in acute care settings have either a primary or secondary behavioral health diagnosis. Whether that diagnosis is a substance abus...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Briefings on the Joint Commission, July 2013

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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PSMJ 2013 Index

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety

Use this handy index to reference all articles in PSMJ in 2013. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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From Mac's Safety Space: Searching so long...

February 13, 2026

Environment and Facilities

I don’t hear too many stories like this anymore, but I can tell you, as a former manager of security services at a hospital, this is one that really gives me pause....

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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CMS memos every hospital should know

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Hospitals have seen the publication of many important CMS memos in the past year. Many of these include interpretive guidelines that every hospital should know about. Hospitals should give one person ...

Joint Commission introduces Patient Safety chapter

Staff Challenge: Rights, Ethics, and Communication

CMS rule change eliminates unnecessary requirements

CDC vows to change Ebola hospital procedures

APIC's ABCs of antibiotic resistance

Behavioral health and the ED

Briefings on the Joint Commission, July 2013

PSMJ 2013 Index

From Mac's Safety Space: Searching so long...

CMS memos every hospital should know

Resource/w tools selected

STET CMS & tools

OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

Chapter 2: Chapter Format and Tracer Planning