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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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IHI leaders expect significant progress on health equity in 2022

April 15, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity

A pair of Institute for Healthcare Improvement leaders highlighted trends for health equity in 2022 yesterday at the IHI National Forum. The IHI National Forum is being held virtually this week. Mo...

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It’s not like they’re going to stop looking over shoulders…

December 13, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we close in on the second anniversary of when everything went (more) sideways (than usual), all things COVID seem to be heating up for the holidays...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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OSHA extends public comment on COVID-19 vaccine rule

December 01, 2021

Infection Control, Workplace safety

by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisionhealth.com) Didn’t have time to gather your thoughts yet on OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring vaccination and testing for employers with 100 or...

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Smoke barriers, blocked fire extinguishers continue to be problematic

April 15, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

Develop a protocol for any above-ceiling work, schedule weekly inspections of eyewash stations, and ensure that fire extinguishers are not blocked. Those actions might steer you clear of common def...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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All hazards planning: What to do when the earth shakes and water fails

April 15, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures

A key element of an emergency preparedness plan is assessing how the staff and facility handled the disaster at hand and what lessons were learned for the next event. In July 2019, after three eart...

Medical Environment Update

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Asking the wrong safety questions

April 15, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Many years ago, I was hired to perform a safety audit for a laboratory. As I walked through one department, an employee asked what I was doing. When I remarked that I was looking for safety issues to ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Mental health over the holidays: A tough time for patients and providers

April 15, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

The holidays are a stressful time for many people, even without the added burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), increased alcohol and substance use,...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Deadlines for maternal health drills, education at hand

April 15, 2026

Conduct your drills for maternal hemorrhage and maternal severe hypertension/preeclampsia by the end of 2021. Be sure they include a multidisciplinary team to debrief and evaluate how well you perform...

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What’s actually driving safe healthcare?

April 15, 2026

Quality & Errors

In 2001, the Institute of Medicine released Crossing the Quality Chasm, a landmark report that signaled a new era in the healthcare industry’s view of patient care quality. Fast forward 20 years, and ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Going nowhere fast…nothing like the sun

December 07, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I received an interesting question this week regarding whether or not there was a need for UV protection in a supply room with windows (for the purpos...

IHI leaders expect significant progress on health equity in 2022

It’s not like they’re going to stop looking over shoulders…

OSHA extends public comment on COVID-19 vaccine rule

Smoke barriers, blocked fire extinguishers continue to be problematic

All hazards planning: What to do when the earth shakes and water fails

Asking the wrong safety questions

Mental health over the holidays: A tough time for patients and providers

Deadlines for maternal health drills, education at hand

What’s actually driving safe healthcare?

Going nowhere fast…nothing like the sun

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