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Mac's Safety Space

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Why your water management program is important

February 10, 2026

Infection Control, Environment and Facilities

Over time, I’ve spoken a fair amount about the work of Matt Freje and the folks at HCInfo in improving the approaches to the management of risks associated with water systems. They’ve been leading the...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Strategies for safety: Navigating solutions for healthcare workplace violence, Part 1

February 10, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Workplace violence in healthcare remains a serious matter. About 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence-related injuries involved healthcare workers in 2018, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statis...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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UAMS breaks the rules for better healthcare

March 04, 2024

Patient Safety

Thea Rosenbaum, MD, MBA, is the chief clinical transformation officer at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and has experience in breaking the rules—in a good way. As a member of t...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Training healthcare staff with the proper dose: Part 1

March 11, 2024

Patient Safety

You don’t give the same dose of medication to every patient, and the same is true with training healthcare staff, says Robert Lloyd, PhD, a vice president of improvement science and senior improvement...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Transforming survey preparation efficiency, resource allocation

March 19, 2024

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS’ State Operations Manual, Appendix A, offers interpretive guidelines for its own state surveyors and generally has been held as the guide for all the accrediting bodies. It outlines the tasks that...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS reopens goal to strengthen federal oversight of accrediting organizations

February 10, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS officials are calling for more federal oversight of accrediting organizations (AO) due to unhappiness with patient safety mistakes they learn about from the news media and with problems identified...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS says texting of orders is OK, as long as security rules followed

February 10, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology

Effective immediately, CMS says texting of patient information and of patient orders is permissible—with some caveats. In a memo to CMS state survey agency directors on February 8, CMS noted that due ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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ACHC reports often-cited standards at acute care, critical access hospitals

March 04, 2024

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Accreditation Commission for Health Care’s (ACHC) recent Quality Review Edition of its publication The Surveyor for acute care hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAH) examined the most frequ...

Medical Environment Update

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OSHA challenges for ambulatory surgery centers

March 04, 2024

Workplace safety

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) encounter distinct OSHA compliance challenges compared to other healthcare facilities, says Troy Lair, PhD, principal consultant of Elite Accreditation Consultants. Li...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Strategies for safety: Navigating solutions for healthcare workplace violence, Part 2

March 04, 2024

Workplace safety

Hospitals seeking to develop a workplace violence prevention program must do so with a multidisciplinary team in order for the program to be comprehensive and effective. This team should be led by the...

Why your water management program is important

Strategies for safety: Navigating solutions for healthcare workplace violence, Part 1

UAMS breaks the rules for better healthcare

Training healthcare staff with the proper dose: Part 1

Transforming survey preparation efficiency, resource allocation

CMS reopens goal to strengthen federal oversight of accrediting organizations

CMS says texting of orders is OK, as long as security rules followed

ACHC reports often-cited standards at acute care, critical access hospitals

OSHA challenges for ambulatory surgery centers

Strategies for safety: Navigating solutions for healthcare workplace violence, Part 2

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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