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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Healthcare organizations still catching up to LGBTQIA+ care

February 15, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Sexual and gender minority people are not a modern phenomenon, but it’s only been in the last two decades that the healthcare industry has started rewriting policies and procedures that once excluded ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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How to seize on opportunities to improve safety and patient experience

February 15, 2026

Quality & Errors

There are golden opportunities to improve patient safety and patient experience at healthcare organizations, a new top executive at Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Spectrum Health says. Spectrum Healt...

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Study shows racial disparity in hospital patient safety

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Differences in the quality of hospitals that Black and White patients access are a driver of patient safety disparities between Black and White patients, a new report says. Racial care disparities ...

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FDA says to decrease reuse of devices, CMS removes some blanket waivers

April 09, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Be aware that as COVID-19 cases decline and vaccination rates climb, the emergency waivers and measures approved to get through the public health emergency will be changing. ...

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Preventing opioid overprescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The U.S. has wrestled with the demons of the opioid epidemic for decades, and even a global pandemic can’t stop that. But so much has changed during the past year in terms of healthcare. The use of op...

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New survey reveals how hospital supply chains affect nurses, patient safety, and margins

February 15, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Of 100 nurses surveyed—50 nurse leaders and 50 frontline nurses—in February, 86% said they leave procedures to hunt for supplies at least occasionally, according to the report. Some 25% said they don’...

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TJC adds IM standard to address CMS rule on e-notification

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities

Update policies and check with your information technology (IT) team to ensure you are meeting CMS requirements for electronic medical record (EMR) interoperability that were outlined in two final rul...

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Taking aim at sepsis: Targeted solutions tool

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

The Center has been working on sepsis care improvement since 2012. To that end, it’s created a Reducing Sepsis Mortality Targeted Solutions Tool (TST) that makes customized recommendations for healthc...

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Coronavirus pandemic stressors impacting careers of healthcare workers

February 15, 2026

Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

The coronavirus pandemic has led many healthcare workers, particularly women with children, to consider leaving the workforce or reducing work hours, a recent study found. In March 2020, 42% of U.S...

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Infection prevention: Looking to the future while tending to the present

February 15, 2026

Health Equity, Patient Safety

The challenges facing infection preventionists (IP) were already immense before the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year. Now the demand for their expertise is higher than ever, says Devin Jopp, EdD, MS, w...

Healthcare organizations still catching up to LGBTQIA+ care

How to seize on opportunities to improve safety and patient experience

Study shows racial disparity in hospital patient safety

FDA says to decrease reuse of devices, CMS removes some blanket waivers

Preventing opioid overprescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic

New survey reveals how hospital supply chains affect nurses, patient safety, and margins

TJC adds IM standard to address CMS rule on e-notification

Taking aim at sepsis: Targeted solutions tool

Coronavirus pandemic stressors impacting careers of healthcare workers

Infection prevention: Looking to the future while tending to the present

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