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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Researcher: ‘The Levees Have Broken’ at emergency departments

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The new studies examine boarding of patients in emergency departments before they are moved to inpatient beds and patients who left without being seen (LWBS), the latter presumably because of ED crowd...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Study: Pediatric epilepsy patients responded well to telemedicine during pandemic

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology

Researchers are encouraged by early efforts to read pediatric epilepsy patients via telemedicine, but say more work is necessary to reach wider populations. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Call 911! Emergency department doctors, nurses need help now against violence

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Workplace safety

Assaults in the emergency department are on the rise with nearly one-fourth (24%) of emergency physicians reporting being assaulted multiple times a week, according to the findings of a new poll from ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Governing board holds ultimate accountability for both patient safety and financial health

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

Develop an onboarding education program for new hospital governing board members that emphasizes each member’s responsibility to ensure safety and quality of care and services for patients. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Best practices for educating the governing board on quality and patient safety

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

During the 2021 Executive Briefing session, Ana Pujols McKee, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer, chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for The Joint Commission (TJC) spok...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Incomplete worksite analyses and no leadership are top citations under new workplace violence prevention standards

October 11, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

Complete workplace violence (WPV) site analyses, designate a leader to oversee and report that work to the governing board, and ensure float staff are trained on your organization’s WPV prevention pol...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Myth or mystery? TJC exec talks about common survey misconceptions

October 11, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission's director of Standards Interpretation addresses common myths about surveys and surveyors. ...

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Q&A: Getting prepared for a Life Safety Code survey

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Lance Woolf, MBA, CHSP, has many years’ experience as a Life Safety Code® (LSC) professional. Currently, he serves as director of engineering support at JLL. Prior to that, he had other LSC-related ro...

Medical Environment Update

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Towering inferno: Fire safety in the laboratory

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Workplace safety

During new lab employee orientation, safety training should be one of the first items, and it should include information about fire prevention and preparedness. Orient the new staff to the layout of t...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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PHE renewed again but start planning now for flexibilities to end

October 13, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

If your organization has not already done so, start drawing down now from using compliance waivers granted under the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration. On October 13, the PHE was rene...

Researcher: ‘The Levees Have Broken’ at emergency departments

Study: Pediatric epilepsy patients responded well to telemedicine during pandemic

Call 911! Emergency department doctors, nurses need help now against violence

Governing board holds ultimate accountability for both patient safety and financial health

Best practices for educating the governing board on quality and patient safety

Incomplete worksite analyses and no leadership are top citations under new workplace violence prevention standards

Myth or mystery? TJC exec talks about common survey misconceptions

Q&A: Getting prepared for a Life Safety Code survey

Towering inferno: Fire safety in the laboratory

PHE renewed again but start planning now for flexibilities to end

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STET CMS & tools

OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

Chapter 2: Chapter Format and Tracer Planning