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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Complex healthcare systems present opportunities for optimization

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

Workflow is a set of tasks grouped into processes that require the interaction of people and resources to accomplish defined goals. There are methodologies to carefully examine systems, and more speci...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Labor department requests vaccine rule reinstatement

February 13, 2026

Infection Control

Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) November 23 asked a federal appeals court to lift judicial restrictions on an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emergency temporary ...

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Substance abuse treatment expert on overdoses: ‘You have a recipe for disaster’

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

With overdose deaths reaching a historic level, the co-founder and CEO of a substance abuse treatment organization says medical interventions must be the top priority. Earlier this month, the Cente...

Mac's Safety Space

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I think the people down the hall know who we are…

November 29, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we start moving (in what is likely to be a sprint) towards the end of the year, a couple of items for your consideration. First up, in the Decem...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS releases its final guidance for hospitals with co-located services

November 17, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS has released final guidance hospitals for compliance with Conditions of Participation when services or buildings are co-located with other healthcare facilities. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Reducing patient falls, saving money

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

An unwanted outcome when moving or lifting patients is the risk of falls. Despite best efforts, hundreds of thousands of patients fall in hospitals every year, with 30%–35% sustaining an injury. S...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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HFAP finds deficiencies in credentialing, competency assessments

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Accreditation survey results released by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care’s (ACHC) HFAP brand show that ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) continue to struggle with their credentialing and p...

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Improving remote monitoring to care for isolated seniors

February 13, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

According to a new study from JAMA Internal Medicine, an estimated 4.2 million adults over 70 were homebound in 2020. This number was twice what it was in 2019, impacted by the pandemic and the aging ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Hanging on in quiet desperation is the safety way

February 13, 2026

Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Thought I’d something more to say… Beware the alligator roll: One quick item for your consideration (I’ve been “sitting” on this one for a little ...

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OSHA suspends enforcement of its vaccine mandate

November 18, 2021

Workplace safety, Infection Control

OSHA has suspended enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (ETS) while the requirement is challenged in court, according to a statement on the agency’s ETS inf...

Complex healthcare systems present opportunities for optimization

Labor department requests vaccine rule reinstatement

Substance abuse treatment expert on overdoses: ‘You have a recipe for disaster’

I think the people down the hall know who we are…

CMS releases its final guidance for hospitals with co-located services

Q&A: Reducing patient falls, saving money

HFAP finds deficiencies in credentialing, competency assessments

Improving remote monitoring to care for isolated seniors

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the safety way

OSHA suspends enforcement of its vaccine mandate

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