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DNV-GL now 2nd deeming authority for psych hospitals

September 03, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

Inpatient behavioral health facilities seeking accreditation to participate in Medicare and Medicaid now have a second choice after CMS approved DNV-GL Healthcare’s first application for recognition a...

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Avoid punitive approach to your safety event reporting

December 19, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Two decades after the dawn of the patient safety movement in healthcare with the publication of “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” medical errors remain a vexing challenge at healthcar...

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Free PSMJ articles on Wildfires

December 19, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

With skies literally turning red from wildfire smoke on the West Coast, we have unlocked a couple of our Patient Safety Monitor Journal articles on wildfires, mass evacuation planning, and patient tri...

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IHI rolls out new National Action Plan for patient safety

December 19, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

With the goal of eliminating preventable medical harm, a new National Action Plan was released today by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) National Steering Committee for Patient Safety ...

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Survey: Emergency preparedness training needed for nurses

December 19, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

In addition to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the United States and the world continues to be challenged by disasters, such as droughts, earthquakes, fires, floods, severe weather events, and terroris...

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OSHA fines hospitals for PPE failures related to COVID-19

September 18, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety, Infection Control

Ensure workers are trained fit-tested for using respirators and are not sharing protective gowns as they care for potentially infectious patients, or you may face fines from OSHA. ...

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National Physician Burnout Expert Shares Insights: ‘We Can Certainly Do Better’

December 19, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

One of the top physician burnout researchers in the country is expecting a new national survey will show a significant uptick in clinician burnout due to the coronavirus pandemic. Burnout is one of...

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TJC releases advice to protect well-being of healthcare workers during pandemic

December 19, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in January, healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals have been working almost nonstop, often in high-stress environments without the proper support they need to do their ...

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Coronavirus: Virtual hospital at home program used for low-acuity patients

December 19, 2025

Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

A Denver-based health system has used remote monitoring to care for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who do not require hospitalization. Although there are therapeutics for treating ser...

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During the pandemic, aspire to identify and prevent medication errors and to avoid blaming attitudes

December 19, 2025

Quality & Errors, Infection Control

ISMP recently spoke to a hospital nurse working in a location where the coronavirus (COVID-19) has again surged with a vengeance, causing a significant increase in patient admissions to the intensive ...

DNV-GL now 2nd deeming authority for psych hospitals

Avoid punitive approach to your safety event reporting

Free PSMJ articles on Wildfires

IHI rolls out new National Action Plan for patient safety

Survey: Emergency preparedness training needed for nurses

OSHA fines hospitals for PPE failures related to COVID-19

National Physician Burnout Expert Shares Insights: ‘We Can Certainly Do Better’

TJC releases advice to protect well-being of healthcare workers during pandemic

Coronavirus: Virtual hospital at home program used for low-acuity patients

During the pandemic, aspire to identify and prevent medication errors and to avoid blaming attitudes

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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

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