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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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How to update your restraint and seclusion policy

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, CADC, ICRC, a national behavioral health consultant with years of experience in hospital settings and now the director of evidence-based practices and programs for W...

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Coronavirus fears drive medication adherence ups and downs

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The cost of poor medication adherence is tremendous—nearly $177 billion each year in direct and indirect healthcare costs—but the cost of nonadherence during the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Public Health Emergency is Extended: Blanket Waivers Continue for Now

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

Now that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has again renewed the official declaration of a public health emergency (PHE) related to the 2019 novel coronavirus, hospitals and other pr...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Understanding the new Joint Commission requirements for maternal patient safety

July 30, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

The steadily climbing maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has (appropriately) attracted a great deal of media attention over the last few years. Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, August 2020

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2020

February 15, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Workplace safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletter ...

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CMS, CDC Create Provider Payment for COVID-19 Counseling

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Infection Control

Physicians and other healthcare providers will now be paid to counsel patients about the importance of self-isolation after testing for COVID-19, even before test results are known, the Centers for Me...

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Will TJC get tougher? CMS okays AO status but outlines concerns

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Expect The Joint Commission (TJC) to get tougher on some areas of survey, particularly with the physical environment and off-campus facilities, and to change the level of detail in its daily briefing ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Money woes and distance: Patient stressors during the COVID-19 era

February 15, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

As of this writing, the novel 2019 coronavirus has infected over 4.6 million Americans and killed over 155,000. Unemployment is at its highest level since the Great Depression, and experts predict mas...

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Inform, reassure, and reduce anxiety during COVID-19

February 15, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Here are areas where your facility can work to ease patients’ safety concerns during the pandemic. They come from Colleen McCrory, MBA, FACHE, a coach in Huron’s Studer Group advisory firm with 19 yea...

How to update your restraint and seclusion policy

Coronavirus fears drive medication adherence ups and downs

Public Health Emergency is Extended: Blanket Waivers Continue for Now

Understanding the new Joint Commission requirements for maternal patient safety

Inside Accreditation and Quality, August 2020

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2020

CMS, CDC Create Provider Payment for COVID-19 Counseling

Will TJC get tougher? CMS okays AO status but outlines concerns

Money woes and distance: Patient stressors during the COVID-19 era

Inform, reassure, and reduce anxiety during COVID-19

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