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Mac’s Safety Space: Pondering imponderables – CMS versus the physical environment

August 07, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

So, jumping back a little in time, I want to loop back to the physical environment “problem list” identified in CMS’ most recent assessment of the survey effectiveness of the various accreditation org...

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Mac's Safety Space: Healthcare electrical fires – more to them than you might think

July 31, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

There seems to be a recurring theme of electrical fires in hospitals this year. ...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Fables of the preconstruction risk assessment

July 24, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

Now that all is (presumably) moving towards whatever normalcy is going to be within our grasp, I wanted to loop back on what could be a critical process as we start to build into the future: The preco...

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Mac’s Safety Space: CMS survey warning—There will be no warning!

July 17, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In its ever-increasing strategies to assert control over the accreditation survey process, the good folks at CMS have basically instructed the various accreditation organizations to cease and desist f...

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Mac’s Safety Space: The front line of infection prevention

June 12, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

While 100% of the potential for elevated risks of a healthcare-acquired infection (HAI) does not walk through the doors of your emergency department, you could certainly make the case that a fairly hi...

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Mac’s Safety Space: If you don’t think worker safety matters when it comes to accreditation…

May 22, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

If one accepts that one of the fundamental goals of the accreditation survey process is to generate findings, there is no reason to think that frequently cited standards, etc., by other organizations ...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Better late than never—CMS is still keeping score!

May 29, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In years past, the term-ending grades for the various accreditation organizations have been transmitted to Congress in the late fall/early winter (the winter portion depends on where you are), but for...

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Mac’s Safety Space: What is required by code or regulation…

June 05, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As I think has been established, when it comes to the vehicle of compliance (particularly as a function of sustainability), the color palette is very much an infinite set of shady grayness. ...

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Mac’s Safety Space: To be or not to be—that is the risk assessment!

June 26, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant A couple of fairly short (and somewhat disparate, but the risk assessment process can figure in both) items this week: one a question/thought relating...

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What do summer haircuts and TJC have in common?

July 03, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In reviewing the July issue of The Joint Commission’s Perspectives, the top story (if you will) deals with the ongoing reduction of standards and performance elements as we approach the Nirvana that i...

Mac’s Safety Space: Pondering imponderables – CMS versus the physical environment

Mac's Safety Space: Healthcare electrical fires – more to them than you might think

Mac’s Safety Space: Fables of the preconstruction risk assessment

Mac’s Safety Space: CMS survey warning—There will be no warning!

Mac’s Safety Space: The front line of infection prevention

Mac’s Safety Space: If you don’t think worker safety matters when it comes to accreditation…

Mac’s Safety Space: Better late than never—CMS is still keeping score!

Mac’s Safety Space: What is required by code or regulation…

Mac’s Safety Space: To be or not to be—that is the risk assessment!

What do summer haircuts and TJC have in common?

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