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Q&A: Quick tips for winter weather preparation

February 11, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Patient Safety

All signs point to a turbulent 2022–2023 winter season, according to an AccuWeather projection. While winter comes every year, the impact of climate change, volcanic eruptions, and other factors mean ...

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Cybersecurity threats are real and affect all healthcare teams

February 11, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

These threats are everyone’s game, and that means anyone in charge of life safety and healthcare security from a physical and technical perspective can be affected. And government regulators are takin...

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Improving access to ultrasound at the point of care

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

To a layperson, ultrasound as a tool generally calls pregnancy or abdominal imaging to mind. But as medical practitioners know, ultrasound is much more than that, though the technology is often underu...

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New handbook tackles workplace violence prevention in healthcare

February 11, 2026

Workplace safety

Workplace violence in healthcare is its own epidemic: one that survey data puts some hard numbers on. According to a 2021 survey of nurses by Hospital IQ, 90% of respondents were considering leaving t...

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TJC: Antibiotic stewardship updates effective January 1, 2023

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The Joint Commission (TJC) has several updated antibiotic stewardship elements of performance (EP) that will take effect on January 1, 2023. These EPs include requirements to have an antibiotic stewar...

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Medication adherence: Technology’s role in improving outcomes

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Quality & Errors

A lack of prescription adherence has cost the U.S. more than $524 billion a year due to morbidity and mortality, according to the PAN Foundation. Organizations must look for ways to remove barriers to...

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Q&A with Lauris Freidenfelds on healthcare security

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Lauris V. Freidenfelds, vice president of security risk consulting with Telgian Engineering & Consulting, has been in many roles as a healthcare security leader. He’s a nationally recognized secur...

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Improving patient experience and disparate tech

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the accelerated uptake of technology, says Patty Hayward, vice president of strategy, healthcare, and life sciences with Talkdesk. “Everyone needed healthcare, but t...

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Positive is negative, negative is positive: Accuracy in understanding common medical phrases

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

CMS and The Joint Commission require physicians and other healthcare practitioners to communicate in a manner the patient can understand. Sometimes this involves removing a language barrier. And somet...

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Hand hygiene: Work remains ongoing to ensure good practices followed

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety

Hand hygiene remains a perennial issue in healthcare and requires constant vigilance on the part of providers. With the “tripledemic” of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus this winte...

Q&A: Quick tips for winter weather preparation

Cybersecurity threats are real and affect all healthcare teams

Improving access to ultrasound at the point of care

New handbook tackles workplace violence prevention in healthcare

TJC: Antibiotic stewardship updates effective January 1, 2023

Medication adherence: Technology’s role in improving outcomes

Q&A with Lauris Freidenfelds on healthcare security

Improving patient experience and disparate tech

Positive is negative, negative is positive: Accuracy in understanding common medical phrases

Hand hygiene: Work remains ongoing to ensure good practices followed

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