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Winter storm in Texas tests concept of ‘all-hazards planning’

October 09, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

As an experienced trauma nurse with a master’s degree in emergency management, Lori Upton has been through a lot of disasters in the Houston area. She’s experienced the hurricanes and tropical stor...

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Start getting staff back into survey shape with this quick quiz

October 09, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

Your staff has been dealing with the COVID-19 crisis at work and at home for more than a year. Help them to get back into a survey readiness mindset with this quick quiz. Hospitals have found that sim...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2021

October 09, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Not a subscriber yet? Sign up for a Basic of Platinum membership to gain access to all Patient Safety Monitor Journal and Inside Accreditati...

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Some tips and thoughts on reengaging with normal operations

October 09, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

As anyone in emergency planning knows, part of being prepared is having an emergency recovery plan, one that lets you also go about the business of caring for patients. The COVID-19 public health e...

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TJC adds IM standard to address CMS rule on e-notification

October 09, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities

Update policies and check with your information technology (IT) team to ensure you are meeting CMS requirements for electronic medical record (EMR) interoperability that were outlined in two final rul...

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Plan care for dialysis patients and others stranded in a disaster

October 09, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures

Work with your regional healthcare coalition and Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify the number of dialysis and other vulnerable patients who might show up needing critical services if water a...

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Use risk assessment to improve your infection prevention and control post-pandemic

October 09, 2026

Infection Control

As the public health emergency (PHE) winds down, resist the urge to return to the way you did things before the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in your outlying clinics and ambulatory care sites. Ide...

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Nurses’ mental, physical health tied to preventable medical errors

October 09, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff, Quality & Errors

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, critical care nurses (CCN) were experiencing alarmingly high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and poor physical health—factors that correlated with an in...

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CMS’ notice on Joint Commission surveys could be eye-opener for MSPs

October 09, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In the Federal Register last summer, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made a significant move that impacts Joint Commission surveys. On July 17, 2020, in Volume 85, Number 138...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, July 2021

October 09, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Not a subscriber yet? Sign up for a Basic of Platinum membership to gain access to all Patient Safety Monitor Journal and Inside Accreditati...

Winter storm in Texas tests concept of ‘all-hazards planning’

Start getting staff back into survey shape with this quick quiz

Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2021

Some tips and thoughts on reengaging with normal operations

TJC adds IM standard to address CMS rule on e-notification

Plan care for dialysis patients and others stranded in a disaster

Use risk assessment to improve your infection prevention and control post-pandemic

Nurses’ mental, physical health tied to preventable medical errors

CMS’ notice on Joint Commission surveys could be eye-opener for MSPs

Inside Accreditation and Quality, July 2021

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