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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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AHA to hospitals: Be prepared for attack from Russian cyber hackers

March 18, 2022

Cybersecurity & Technology

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is amplifying a federal warning for hospitals and other organizations to be on the lookout for hackers attempting to infiltrate computer systems as part of “Rus...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Antimicrobial resistance is a growing but manageable crisis

March 22, 2022

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

More widespread antimicrobial resistance (AMR) would not only be a patient safety nightmare, but it would put healthcare workers at risk as well, including employees working in hospitals, nursing home...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Antibiotic stewardship becoming a critical battle for healthcare and the world

February 17, 2026

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

More than 2.8 million AMR infections occur in the U.S. each year, and more than 35,000 people die as a result. Globally, 700,000 people die each year due to AMR diseases, with the WHO estimating that ...

Medical Environment Update

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Medication reconciliation: Prescriptions from multiple providers provide room for error

February 17, 2026

Quality & Errors

Reconciliation wouldn’t be much of an issue if a patient only went to a single provider for care, or if information was transferred seamlessly. However, this is rarely the case. Patients move or ch...

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Visitor management, COVID-19 impact, and more pressing matters

February 17, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Lauris Freidenfelds has been in the healthcare security arena long enough to recognize it’s not about turning security team members into law enforcement agents. The two aren’t equivalent and never wil...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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OSHA ups inspections at healthcare facilities treating COVID patients

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Workplace safety

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced an enforcement memorandum for a short-term increase in highly focused inspections directed at hospita...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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10 recommendations to improve pandemic preparedness

February 17, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Federal, state, and local policy makers have a lot of work to do to prepare the country for the next pandemic, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) says in a ...

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CMS warns they expect vaccine requirements to be enforced or will impose penalties on states

March 15, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

One way or another, CMS is promising states that it will enforce its recent interim final rule requiring hospital and other healthcare staff caring for COVID-19 patients to be fully vaccinated. CMS pu...

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Should you centralize credentialing through a CVO?

February 22, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

by Dom Nicastro Is it time to move toward a centralized verification organization (CVO)? Many organizations are doing so to streamline the credentialing process, reduce administrative redundancies,...

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Quintuple aim: Health equity added to healthcare improvement directive

February 17, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Health Equity

Health equity should be added as the fifth element of a Quintuple Aim to guide healthcare improvement efforts, a recent Viewpoint article published by JAMA says. In 2008, the Triple Aim for healthc...

AHA to hospitals: Be prepared for attack from Russian cyber hackers

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing but manageable crisis

Antibiotic stewardship becoming a critical battle for healthcare and the world

Medication reconciliation: Prescriptions from multiple providers provide room for error

Visitor management, COVID-19 impact, and more pressing matters

OSHA ups inspections at healthcare facilities treating COVID patients

10 recommendations to improve pandemic preparedness

CMS warns they expect vaccine requirements to be enforced or will impose penalties on states

Should you centralize credentialing through a CVO?

Quintuple aim: Health equity added to healthcare improvement directive

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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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