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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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COVID-19: Non-profit group partners with biotech consortium to crowd-source PPE solutions

March 23, 2020

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit that works to strengthen public-and private-sector healthcare supply chains, and Bio, a consortium of biotech and pharmaceutical companies promoting innovation, have part...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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You be the surveyor, April 2020

March 24, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

What deficiencies would you cite and why? And how would you correct them? You be the surveyor. The following information was taken from a CMS Form-2567 “Statement of Deficiencies” posted online ...

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What CNOs should know about Millennial and Gen Z nurses

March 24, 2020

Leadership & Finance

“What matters to you?” This is a question the Institute for Healthcare Improvement encourages clinicians to ask patients to help create customized plans of care. Healthcare leaders can also ask this q...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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The Joint Commission seeks to reduce maternal deaths

March 24, 2020

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued guidance and an alert to hospitals to help prevent what it calls a shocking number of women who die from typically preventable pregnancy complications. The acc...

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Two-thirds of all hospital beds are already occupied

February 15, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Infection Control

New report shows some states and counties lag far behind in the availability of hospital beds. ...

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Coronavirus: Infectious Disease Expert Shares Lessons Learned From Other Recent Outbreaks

February 15, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Although there are differences between the novel coronavirus pandemic and the recent swine flu and Ebola outbreaks, there are valuable lessons from the earlier flareups, an infectious disease expert s...

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COVID-19: Hospitals should consider CoP carefully before deciding on DNR policy

February 15, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control, Workplace safety

As the nation grapples with the 2019 novel coronavirus, clinicians and others in facilities have discussed whether to implement blanket “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders for COVID-19 patients, accordi...

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Duke Health to begin reusing N95 masks

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Workplace safety

Researchers at Duke Health this week announced a way to sterilize masks using aerosolized hydrogen peroxide. The gas doesn’t damage the mask material or change its fit, but kills off viruses and germs...

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Verma raps accrediting organizations’ ‘glaring conflict of interest’

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma took a swipe at accrediting organizations, noting that when they accept consulting fees from the hospitals they grade it creates ...

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Q&A: How data analytics can improve patient care

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety

One of the biggest healthcare revolutions in the last 10 years has been the advent of analytics. By leveraging large data pools, improving patient care, and using new data analysis technologies, healt...

COVID-19: Non-profit group partners with biotech consortium to crowd-source PPE solutions

You be the surveyor, April 2020

What CNOs should know about Millennial and Gen Z nurses

The Joint Commission seeks to reduce maternal deaths

Two-thirds of all hospital beds are already occupied

Coronavirus: Infectious Disease Expert Shares Lessons Learned From Other Recent Outbreaks

COVID-19: Hospitals should consider CoP carefully before deciding on DNR policy

Duke Health to begin reusing N95 masks

Verma raps accrediting organizations’ ‘glaring conflict of interest’

Q&A: How data analytics can improve patient care

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

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Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

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