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Mastering the tricky act of transforming population health with technology

December 19, 2025

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology

Albert Tomchaney, MD, became the first chief medical officer of the Indiana-based Franciscan Alliance, which operates as Franciscan Health, in 2008. He has managed the physician practices for a time a...

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Monkeypox: CDC updates guidance for medical waste handling

July 08, 2022

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

The CDC has updated its guidance on infection control of monkeypox for healthcare settings, reminding providers that any case suspected of being of the more deadly Congo Basin clade requires more exte...

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CMS updates IC interpretive guidelines for hospitals

July 06, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS issued six new survey tags as well as other updates to its online manual of interpretive guidelines for Conditions of Participation (COP) on infection prevention and control and antibiotic steward...

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More than 5K nurses sign up for free burnout prevention program

December 19, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

More than 5,000 nurses have signed up for a new free nurse burnout prevention program in which the American Nurses Association (ANA) is encouraging its members to participate. ANA has partnered with S...

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CMS proposes COPs for new rural emergency hospital provider type

June 30, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS has published a proposed list of 23 Conditions of Participation for the new rural emergency hospital provider type. The same Federal Register posting on Thursday, June 30, also included revisions ...

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Three ways a coordinated approach can solve the nursing shortage

December 19, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff

Though COVID-19 narrowed the focus on the nursing shortage, other conditions have contributed to it far longer than the pandemic: a higher education system that is training too few nurses; workforce c...

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CMS updates guidelines for ambulatory surgical centers—can hospital SOM be far behind?

June 03, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS has updated Appendix L of its State Operations Manual (SOM) with guidance on new or revised Conditions for Coverage (CfC) for ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) that have been formalized in various...

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CMS revises COVID-19 data reporting for psychiatric, rehabilitation hospitals

June 01, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS has revised the frequency of reporting certain COVID-19 data elements for psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals according to a newly updated Quality, Safety & Oversight (QSO) memo. ...

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Urgent call made to improve patient safety

December 19, 2025

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Last week at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Patient Safety Congress in Dallas, the 27 members of the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety (NSC) issued the Declaration to Advance Pa...

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Fast facts about monkeypox

December 19, 2025

Infection Control, Workplace safety

As of this writing, there is a single confirmed and six presumptive cases of monkeypox reported in the U.S. While everyone hopes this is not the start of another pandemic situation—knock on wood—it is...

Mastering the tricky act of transforming population health with technology

Monkeypox: CDC updates guidance for medical waste handling

CMS updates IC interpretive guidelines for hospitals

More than 5K nurses sign up for free burnout prevention program

CMS proposes COPs for new rural emergency hospital provider type

Three ways a coordinated approach can solve the nursing shortage

CMS updates guidelines for ambulatory surgical centers—can hospital SOM be far behind?

CMS revises COVID-19 data reporting for psychiatric, rehabilitation hospitals

Urgent call made to improve patient safety

Fast facts about monkeypox

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