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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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New Joint Commission ‘Quick Safety’ advisory addresses intimate partner violence

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety, Workplace safety

The Joint Commission has released a new Quick Safety advisory to address intimate partner violence (IPV), which has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to healthcare providers. The ne...

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What’s new in healthcare security for 2022?

February 15, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Workplace safety

No healthcare professional needs to be reminded of the risks and elevated threats of violence during tense moments with patients and their families, especially in a pandemic. With continuing stress...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Excerpt: Soaring to Success - The Path to Developing High-Reliability Clinical Teams

February 15, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

CRM has two main parts. The first deals with teamwork and communication and covers the interpersonal and social aspects of the working environment. The second deals with human factors and situational ...

Medical Environment Update

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Improving patient access to their data

February 15, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

As the healthcare ecosystem in the U.S. grows more complex, there continues to be a focus on strengthening outcomes, controlling costs, and improving data. Improved quality of healthcare data helps ov...

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NAHQ: Quality professionals and quality work essential during crises such as coronavirus pandemic

February 15, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

The coronavirus pandemic has illustrated the value of quality professionals and their work in healthcare, according to a recent whitepaper from the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ). ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS eases use of COVID-19 survey tool, visitor requirements

February 07, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS is lifting an almost two-year-old requirement for surveyors to use a COVID-19 focused infection control tool (FIC) as it reviews acute and continuing care facilities during surveys. Visitor restri...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Rely on CMS memos to keep updated on CoP expectations

February 08, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Expect hospital accrediting organizations to continue to update their standards, especially to align more with the language in CMS Conditions of Participation. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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OSHA emphasizes engineering controls in workplace violence citation

February 08, 2022

Workplace safety

Review your workplace violence prevention program to ensure staff are protected from violent patients. That includes the use of engineering controls. A solid program might not only save your staff fro...

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Add sleep problems to the list of COVID-19 challenges for nurses

February 15, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Working the front lines of the early COVID-19 pandemic led to sleepless nights, anxiety, and depression for more than half of nurses surveyed for a new study. “Nurses are already at risk for higher...

Medical Environment Update

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Lab safety behaviors in 2022

February 15, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

Maintaining lab safety and protecting workers is an endless job, with old challenges arising just as frequently as new ones. Sean G. Kaufman is CEO and founding partner of Safer Behaviors, a compan...

New Joint Commission ‘Quick Safety’ advisory addresses intimate partner violence

What’s new in healthcare security for 2022?

Excerpt: Soaring to Success - The Path to Developing High-Reliability Clinical Teams

Improving patient access to their data

NAHQ: Quality professionals and quality work essential during crises such as coronavirus pandemic

CMS eases use of COVID-19 survey tool, visitor requirements

Rely on CMS memos to keep updated on CoP expectations

OSHA emphasizes engineering controls in workplace violence citation

Add sleep problems to the list of COVID-19 challenges for nurses

Lab safety behaviors in 2022

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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

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