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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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2020 report to Congress: CMS remains critical of AO performance

December 17, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Missed deficiencies within the physical environment, fire safety, infection control and patients’ rights continues to dominate CMS’ annual report card on the annual performance of accrediting organiza...

Mac's Safety Space

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Far below, where shadows fester as they grow…

December 20, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Isn’t that a jolly holiday message? So, just when you thought it couldn’t get any more stressful, our munificent friends in Chicago are bestowing y...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Expert: Healthcare worker burnout trending in alarming direction

February 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Healthcare worker burnout has reached crisis proportions and urgent action is required to turn the tide, a national burnout expert says. Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, is chief wellness offi...

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Emergency department agitation code response team reduces use of physical restraints

February 13, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

A team-based approach to responding to agitated patients in the Emergency Department (ED) setting can result in a significant decrease in the utilization of physical restraints, a recent journal artic...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS releases its final guidance for hospitals with co-located services

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

If your hospital or its satellite buildings are co-located with other healthcare facilities, you now face slightly fewer requirements than first proposed for ensuring compliance with acute care Medica...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Healthcare’s role in community outreach during COVID-19

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

Well over 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, taking stock of lessons learned and next steps can be a challenge. The industry has encountered a lot in a very compressed time frame, so focusing on sp...

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Insight in preparedness for healthcare facilities

February 13, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 brought the need for emergency preparedness in hospitals and medical facilities to the forefront of nearly every discussion in the industry. Today, with the...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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It’s that time of year: Clear exits and walkways of snow and ice

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Whether snow and ice removal is a duty for your facilities staff or for a contractor, remind them that they must clear all means of egress—not just the main entrances. Under The Joint Commission’s ...

Medical Environment Update

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Say no to manual lifting: Lifting a patient without equipment always leads to injury

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

For years, the medical community has known that manual lifting of patients can lead to work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) from repeated and improper lifting of heavy objects (like human b...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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As patients fell ill with COVID-19 inside hospitals, government oversight fell short

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

One by one, the nurses taking care of actress Judi Evans at Riverside Community Hospital kept calling out sick. Patients were coughing as staffers wheeled the maskless soap opera star around the Ca...

2020 report to Congress: CMS remains critical of AO performance

Far below, where shadows fester as they grow…

Expert: Healthcare worker burnout trending in alarming direction

Emergency department agitation code response team reduces use of physical restraints

CMS releases its final guidance for hospitals with co-located services

Healthcare’s role in community outreach during COVID-19

Insight in preparedness for healthcare facilities

It’s that time of year: Clear exits and walkways of snow and ice

Say no to manual lifting: Lifting a patient without equipment always leads to injury

As patients fell ill with COVID-19 inside hospitals, government oversight fell short

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