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AHA suggests changes to SOM draft language on co-location of hospitals

November 05, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Comments provided to CMS by the American Hospital Association (AHA) highlights the chief concerns its members had with the draft guidelines. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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SHEA: More Research Needed on Antibiotic Use

November 05, 2019

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

For most infections, we don’t know the optimal drug, dose, or treatment duration. For many, we don’t even know if they require antibiotic treatment.” ...

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Half of surgery residents report harassment, bullying

November 05, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Half of general surgery residents reported experiencing workplace harassment at least a few times a year, with much of the mistreatment coming from patients and their families, and attending surgeons....

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Decade review: 2010–2019

November 12, 2019

Patient Safety

We asked Ken Rohde, senior consultant for patient safety and process improvement at The Greeley Company, to look back at 2010–2019 and take some educated guesses at what’s in store for the next decade...

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HFAP looks at co-location, with an overview of expectations

November 12, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Partnering with other providers through a co-location arrangement can help enhance the quality and continuity of care and improve overall efficiency. ...

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What grade did LeapFrog give your facility for safety?

November 11, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

One third of the 2,600 general, acute care hospitals across the nation rated in The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2019 Hospital Safety Grades got an ‘A,’ grade, while 1% flunked, ...

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What's really driving 30-day readmission declines?

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

A Harvard study offers an alternative explanation for declines in hospital readmissions. ...

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CDC: Antibiotic-resistant infection problem is worse than originally thought

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that antibiotic-resistant (AR) bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths per year in the ...

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ECRI Institute, ISMP to Combine Efforts

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety

ECRI Institute and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) have signed an agreement to join forces and create a single patient safety entity. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Polarity in patient safety

November 19, 2019

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

“It’s still shocking, frustrating, disappointing, the frequency to which we still do the wrong thing.” ...

AHA suggests changes to SOM draft language on co-location of hospitals

SHEA: More Research Needed on Antibiotic Use

Half of surgery residents report harassment, bullying

Patient Safety Decade review: 2010–2019

HFAP looks at co-location, with an overview of expectations

What grade did LeapFrog give your facility for safety?

What's really driving 30-day readmission declines?

CDC: Antibiotic-resistant infection problem is worse than originally thought

ECRI Institute, ISMP to Combine Efforts

Polarity in patient safety

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

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