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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Physician Fatigue Linked to Electronic Health Record Use

February 15, 2026

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Quality & Errors

Most physicians experience fatigue working with electronic health records (EHRs) for as little as 22 minutes, a recent research article indicates. ...

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Reopening your hospital: Flush water pipes, double-check maintenance

February 15, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

As you reopen patient care areas for non-emergent care, be sure to flush water lines, check expiration dates on drugs and supplies, and ensure all equipment and spaces have been cleaned and disinfecte...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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A prescription for social determinants of health

February 15, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

New programs support physicians in addressing these key drivers of health outcomes It’s become more widely accepted that social determinants of health (SDoH)—the environmental conditions in which p...

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Researchers Examine Death Risks for Coronavirus Patients in ICUs

February 15, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Infection Control

New research has linked several factors with risk of death in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). ...

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Coronavirus Antibodies Drop Precipitously 3 Months After Mild Cases

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

The prevalence of antibodies for people recovering from a mild cases of COVID-19 dropped precipitously after less than three months, according to a research letter published this week in The New Engla...

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Blood Test Claims to Find Cancer 4 Years Earlier than Current Methods

July 26, 2020

Patient Safety

The blood test, Called PanSeer, detected cancer in 91% of people who had been asymptomatic when the samples were collected and were diagnosed with cancer one to four years later. ...

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TJC spilling too many beans? CMS thinks so

July 27, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Think the results of your last Joint Commission survey were hard to understand? If CMS has their way, it may get murkier. ...

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Q&A: Many hospitals still don’t have drug diversion programs

February 15, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The following Q&A resulted from a conversation PSQH had with Tom Knight, CEO of Georgia-based Invistics, a provider of cloud-based software solutions that improve healthcare inventory visibility a...

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Physician shortage projected to worsen through 2033

February 15, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

The projected shortage of physicians is worsening. Last year, the AAMC projected the shortfall of physicians at as many as 122,000 by 2032. The new report released today projects the shortfall at as m...

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Stroke survival rates drop precipitously in remote areas

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Compared with patients hospitalized in urban areas, however, the study found that the risk of death was about 5% higher for patients hospitalized in large towns (with populations of 250,000 to 1 milli...

Physician Fatigue Linked to Electronic Health Record Use

Reopening your hospital: Flush water pipes, double-check maintenance

A prescription for social determinants of health

Researchers Examine Death Risks for Coronavirus Patients in ICUs

Coronavirus Antibodies Drop Precipitously 3 Months After Mild Cases

Blood Test Claims to Find Cancer 4 Years Earlier than Current Methods

TJC spilling too many beans? CMS thinks so

Q&A: Many hospitals still don’t have drug diversion programs

Physician shortage projected to worsen through 2033

Stroke survival rates drop precipitously in remote areas

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