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HHS makes COVID-19 data reporting a Medicare CoP as of Sept. 2

August 28, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Get a firm handle on your COVID-19 case data now that a new interim final rule requires the information to be reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a Medicare Condition of P...

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Been through a disaster? There is help for recovery

August 27, 2020

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

Your hospital, urgent care center, nursing home, laboratory or other healthcare facility has just survived a hurricane. Or a wildfire. Or a tornado. Or any other disaster. Now you need help with recov...

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NSC says COVID-19 may become third leading cause of death in U.S.

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Infection Control

In 2018, the most recent year of final fatality data, the third leading cause of death was preventable deaths from drug overdoses, motor vehicle crashes, and falls. The number of deaths from COVID-19 ...

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Three things every hospital should be doing now to improve patient safety

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Improving patient safety has always been a priority for hospitals and health systems, but COVID-19, and the possibility of a second surge in a few weeks or months, is bringing new urgency to these eff...

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Coronavirus: There are Viable Alternatives to New N95 Masks, Research Shows

December 20, 2025

Infection Control, Workplace safety

N95 respirator masks as many as 11 years past their expiration date and used N95 respirator masks treated with ethylene oxide or vaporized hydrogen peroxide maintain their filtration efficiency, new r...

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Game Planning Your Return to Elective Surgeries

December 20, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

The recent moratorium on elective surgeries due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal on hospitals, providers, and provider organizations—especially since those surgeries are often the bread and bu...

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Understanding the new Joint Commission requirements for maternal patient safety

July 30, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

The steadily climbing maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has (appropriately) attracted a great deal of media attention over the last few years. Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...

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Public Health Emergency is Extended: Blanket Waivers Continue for Now

December 20, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

Now that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has again renewed the official declaration of a public health emergency (PHE) related to the 2019 novel coronavirus, hospitals and other pr...

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TJC spilling too many beans? CMS thinks so

July 27, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Think the results of your last Joint Commission survey were hard to understand? If CMS has their way, it may get murkier. ...

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CMS, CDC Create Provider Payment for COVID-19 Counseling

December 20, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Infection Control

Physicians and other healthcare providers will now be paid to counsel patients about the importance of self-isolation after testing for COVID-19, even before test results are known, the Centers for Me...

HHS makes COVID-19 data reporting a Medicare CoP as of Sept. 2

Been through a disaster? There is help for recovery

NSC says COVID-19 may become third leading cause of death in U.S.

Three things every hospital should be doing now to improve patient safety

Coronavirus: There are Viable Alternatives to New N95 Masks, Research Shows

Game Planning Your Return to Elective Surgeries

Understanding the new Joint Commission requirements for maternal patient safety

Public Health Emergency is Extended: Blanket Waivers Continue for Now

TJC spilling too many beans? CMS thinks so

CMS, CDC Create Provider Payment for COVID-19 Counseling

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