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CMS says it will enforce staff vaccine mandate where it can

December 30, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By January 27, hospitals in half of the nation’s states must ensure that all staff have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or have a qualified exemption, or face termination from the Medicare a...

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Primary care sidelined in coronavirus pandemic response, study says

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Infection Control

During the coronavirus pandemic, the failure to elevate the role of primary care providers on the frontline alongside public health officials has resulted in several missed opportunities to respond to...

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Delayed care linked to increase in NJ excess deaths during pandemic, report says

December 20, 2025

Quality & Errors, Infection Control

Delayed or deferred care likely contributed to excess deaths in New Jersey during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, a recent report from the New Jersey Hospital Association’s Center for Heal...

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Newest PHE renewal marks entry into third year of pandemic

January 14, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

For the eighth time since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national public health emergency (PHE), the secretary of Health and Human Services has extended the declaration for another 90 days, effe...

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Cybersecurity is still the top tech threat in healthcare, according to ECRI

December 20, 2025

Cybersecurity & Technology, Patient Safety

The threat of cybersecurity attacks is still the top technological threat to healthcare organizations, according to the ECRI Institute. But a problem cause by the two-year-old pandemic isn’t that far ...

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All states, territories now subject to CMS COVID-19 vaccination rule

January 21, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

All U.S. states and territories are now subject to the CMS interim final rule requiring staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In a new memo to CMS state surveyors posted January 20, the ag...

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TJC, CMS issue guidance on COVID-19 vaccine requirement

January 17, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Update your policies on vaccines and make sure the changes are approved before your next survey now that CMS, The Joint Commission (TJC), and the other accrediting organizations are going forward with...

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Study finds racial and ethnic in-hospital mortality disparities during pandemic

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Health Equity, Infection Control

In a recent study of Medicare beneficiaries during the coronavirus pandemic, racial and ethnic disparities in mortality were found in COVID-19 hospitalizations and mortality disparities widened in non...

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DNV: Annual surveys to continue through February, but triennial onsite

January 10, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

DNV has announced that it will conduct its annual NIAHO® surveys remotely at least through the end of February. The triennial onsite surveys will continue onsite. ...

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Don’t gift surveyors the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of hazardous holiday decorations

October 08, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

Has your staff started dragging out the holiday decorations yet? Yes, it’s time for you to be Scrooge and remind them that while decorations can be fun for patients they can also pose a deadly fire ha...

CMS says it will enforce staff vaccine mandate where it can

Primary care sidelined in coronavirus pandemic response, study says

Delayed care linked to increase in NJ excess deaths during pandemic, report says

Newest PHE renewal marks entry into third year of pandemic

Cybersecurity is still the top tech threat in healthcare, according to ECRI

All states, territories now subject to CMS COVID-19 vaccination rule

TJC, CMS issue guidance on COVID-19 vaccine requirement

Study finds racial and ethnic in-hospital mortality disparities during pandemic

DNV: Annual surveys to continue through February, but triennial onsite

Don’t gift surveyors the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of hazardous holiday decorations

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