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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Disease-ridden bloodsuckers

February 14, 2026

Infection Control

Scientists are warning that warmer, wetter weather this year will increase the number of ticks born this year, as well as extend tick season. Bradley T. Truax, MD, principal consultant of the Truax Gr...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS issues interpretive guidelines for new interoperability CoPs

February 14, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Review any policies you updated to meet the requirements under the new Information Management standard to reflect that The Joint Commission (TJC) has already updated the language in its new elements o...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Top three reasons to continue mask mandates for patients and staff

June 16, 2021

The top three reasons to continue to require patients, staff, visitors, and vendors to wear masks. ...

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Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers line up locally

February 14, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

If your healthcare organization has taken advantage of federal 1135 blanket waivers during the national public health emergency (PHE), be sure to review the use of those waivers as you prepare for sur...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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A year of COVID-19 data: Lessons learned

February 14, 2026

Patient Safety, Infection Control

If a year of COVID-19 could be said to have any positives, one is the immense amount of data the pandemic has generated for the healthcare industry. That data has been both vast and valuable, and resu...

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Physician shortage could be as high as 124,000 by 2034, study finds

February 14, 2026

Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff

By 2034, there will be a shortage of physicians ranging from 37,800 to 124,000, according to a recent report prepared for the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC has published seven ...

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Coronavirus pandemic drives growth of hospital at home programs

February 14, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

After modest uptake for nearly three decades, hospital at home programs are now growing faster across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. Johns Hopkins Medicine launched the country’s firs...

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Exempt from full-scale emergency exercise? Check revised memo

June 24, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters

Inpatient providers that have an emergency plan or are still under it because of the continuing public health emergency (PHE) get a pass again this year on the full-scale community-based preparedness ...

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New workplace violence prevention requirements will require tough questions

June 25, 2021

Workplace safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Implementing The Joint Commission’s (TJC) workplace violence prevention requirements is going to take a multidisciplinary committee that is not afraid to ask hard questions about your organization’s c...

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FDA updates recommendations on reprocessing of flexible bronchoscopes

June 28, 2021

Infection Control, Patient Safety

FDA issues new recommmendations on reprocessing flexible bronchoscopes. ...

Disease-ridden bloodsuckers

CMS issues interpretive guidelines for new interoperability CoPs

Top three reasons to continue mask mandates for patients and staff

Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers line up locally

A year of COVID-19 data: Lessons learned

Physician shortage could be as high as 124,000 by 2034, study finds

Coronavirus pandemic drives growth of hospital at home programs

Exempt from full-scale emergency exercise? Check revised memo

New workplace violence prevention requirements will require tough questions

FDA updates recommendations on reprocessing of flexible bronchoscopes

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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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