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OSHA’s Regulatory Plans for 2023

December 20, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh recently confirmed that three OSHA healthcare rulemakings are priorities for the Labor Department: a permanent healthcare COVID-19 standard, a proposed infectious disease s...

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Joint Commission targets maternal health crisis

December 20, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In several reports, the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate compared to other developed countries—a report from The Commonwealth Fund found the United States had the worst maternal m...

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The value of personalized education on pregnancy risks

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety

U.S. maternal mortality rates continued their alarming upward trajectory in 2020. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the overall U.S. maternal death rate rose from 20.1...

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Review fire and evacuation protocols in wake of recent hospital fire near Boston

February 08, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Review fire and evacuation drills to ensure you can get all patients and visitors out without injury or death, just as a Massachusetts hospital did on Tuesday, February 7, after a transformer caught f...

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Hospital EDs are taking a proactive approach to violence

December 20, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

With roughly 85% of emergency physicians reporting in a recent survey that ED violence has increased over the past five years, health systems are taking action to protect both providers and patients. ...

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Vaccination rates stable but healthcare providers must remain vigilant

December 20, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Health Equity

At the national level, vaccination rates for vaccine-preventable diseases are stable, but healthcare providers need to address vaccine hesitancy at the local level, an infectious disease expert says. ...

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COVID-19 is eighth-leading cause of death for children— 821 deaths in one 12-month period

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Infection Control

“Various factors, including underreporting and not accounting for COVID-19’s role as a contributing cause of death from other diseases, mean that these estimates may understate the true mortality burd...

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It’s official: COVID-19 public health emergency to end on May 11

January 31, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As promised, the White House is giving ample notice—the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will end on May 11. ...

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The Joint Commission proposes standard to tackle hospital impact on climate change

March 23, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance

Hospitals may soon have to measure energy use, fleet vehicle gas consumption, solid waste disposal, and other measures under proposed climate change standards by The Joint Commission. ...

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Pandemic’s toll: 55.3% of surveyed healthcare workers report subthreshold PTSD symptoms

December 20, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

The recent study, which was published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, is based on survey data collected from 852 healthcare workers from January 2021 to February 2021. The survey participants ...

OSHA’s Regulatory Plans for 2023

Joint Commission targets maternal health crisis

The value of personalized education on pregnancy risks

Review fire and evacuation protocols in wake of recent hospital fire near Boston

Hospital EDs are taking a proactive approach to violence

Vaccination rates stable but healthcare providers must remain vigilant

COVID-19 is eighth-leading cause of death for children— 821 deaths in one 12-month period

It’s official: COVID-19 public health emergency to end on May 11

The Joint Commission proposes standard to tackle hospital impact on climate change

Pandemic’s toll: 55.3% of surveyed healthcare workers report subthreshold PTSD symptoms

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

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Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

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