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OSHA extends public comment on COVID-19 vaccine rule

December 01, 2021

Infection Control, Workplace safety

by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisionhealth.com) Didn’t have time to gather your thoughts yet on OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring vaccination and testing for employers with 100 or...

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CMS suspends enforcement of vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

December 02, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS has joined with OSHA in suspending its mandate for COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers, but says hospitals are welcome to enforce the requirement voluntarily. ...

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What’s actually driving safe healthcare?

December 19, 2025

Quality & Errors

In 2001, the Institute of Medicine released Crossing the Quality Chasm, a landmark report that signaled a new era in the healthcare industry’s view of patient care quality. Fast forward 20 years, and ...

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IHI leaders expect significant progress on health equity in 2022

December 19, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity

A pair of Institute for Healthcare Improvement leaders highlighted trends for health equity in 2022 yesterday at the IHI National Forum. The IHI National Forum is being held virtually this week. Mo...

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5-Part framework for workplace equity at healthcare organizations

December 19, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity

As part of its effort to promote joy in work at healthcare organizations, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has adopted a framework of five guiding principles to foster workplace equity. “Wh...

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How to implement a clinical debriefing program at health systems and hospitals

December 19, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Clinical debriefing efforts can drive several benefits at health systems and hospitals, according to the NYC Health + Hospitals presenters of a session at this week’s IHI Forum. The Agency for Heal...

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2020 report to Congress: CMS remains critical of AO performance

December 17, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Missed deficiencies within the physical environment, fire safety, infection control and patients’ rights continues to dominate CMS’ annual report card on the annual performance of accrediting organiza...

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Expert: Healthcare worker burnout trending in alarming direction

December 19, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Healthcare worker burnout has reached crisis proportions and urgent action is required to turn the tide, a national burnout expert says. Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, is chief wellness offi...

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Emergency department agitation code response team reduces use of physical restraints

December 19, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

A team-based approach to responding to agitated patients in the Emergency Department (ED) setting can result in a significant decrease in the utilization of physical restraints, a recent journal artic...

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As patients fell ill with COVID-19 inside hospitals, government oversight fell short

December 19, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

One by one, the nurses taking care of actress Judi Evans at Riverside Community Hospital kept calling out sick. Patients were coughing as staffers wheeled the maskless soap opera star around the Ca...

OSHA extends public comment on COVID-19 vaccine rule

CMS suspends enforcement of vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

What’s actually driving safe healthcare?

IHI leaders expect significant progress on health equity in 2022

5-Part framework for workplace equity at healthcare organizations

How to implement a clinical debriefing program at health systems and hospitals

2020 report to Congress: CMS remains critical of AO performance

Expert: Healthcare worker burnout trending in alarming direction

Emergency department agitation code response team reduces use of physical restraints

As patients fell ill with COVID-19 inside hospitals, government oversight fell short

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