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CMS unveils sweeping mandates on hospital pricing transparency

December 17, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Under the proposed rule hospitals would have to make their 'real, negotiated prices known to patients.' ...

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New sentinel event alert highlights risks of direct oral anticoagulants

December 17, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

The Joint Commission (TJC) this week issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (SEA #61) warning of the risks to patients posed by direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC). ...

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Accreditation & Patient Safety Roundup merger

December 17, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

We sent the first of the combined IAQ and PSMJ roundups yesterday, August 5, with the subject line AQCC Roundup (IAQ and PSMJ)- August 2019. ...

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New Sentinel Event categories focus on Post-Discharge Suicides

December 17, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

While suicide overall often has been in the top sentinel events, this breakdown includes two categories that split suicide events into those involving an inpatient and events involving a patient withi...

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FDA: Use duodenoscopes with disposable parts to prevent infections

December 17, 2025

Infection Control

To protect patients from infection, the FDA now recommends healthcare facilities transition to duodenoscopes with disposable parts. ...

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Q&A: ISMP President Discusses Medication Safety

August 27, 2019

Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: In this interview, Michael R. Cohen, RPH, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), FASHP, founder and president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), discusses the current state of ...

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Mobile stroke units quicken surgical treatment by 10 minutes

August 27, 2019

For stroke patients who undergo intra-arterial thrombectomy (IAT), mobile stroke units generate faster surgical treatment times compared to emergency medical service transport ...

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New guidelines promote expansion of bariatric surgery to treat obesity

December 17, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

A co-author of new guidelines for bariatric surgery says more patients, clinicians, and payers should embrace surgical interventions to treat obesity. ...

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7-Part EMS screening tool boosts early sepsis treatment

December 17, 2025

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Conducting a sepsis screening during emergency medical service transport to an emergency department reduces time to treatment. ...

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New decision support tool reduces sepsis mortality by 22.9%

December 17, 2025

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

“The SPOT algorithm surveils 24 hours a day, seven days a week to look for the signs and symptoms of sepsis. When those signs are found, they are teed up and presented to the caregivers,” ...

CMS unveils sweeping mandates on hospital pricing transparency

New sentinel event alert highlights risks of direct oral anticoagulants

Accreditation & Patient Safety Roundup merger

New Sentinel Event categories focus on Post-Discharge Suicides

FDA: Use duodenoscopes with disposable parts to prevent infections

Q&A: ISMP President Discusses Medication Safety

Mobile stroke units quicken surgical treatment by 10 minutes

New guidelines promote expansion of bariatric surgery to treat obesity

7-Part EMS screening tool boosts early sepsis treatment

New decision support tool reduces sepsis mortality by 22.9%

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