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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Generative AI risks and opportunities in healthcare quality improvement, Part 1

December 05, 2023

Cybersecurity & Technology, Patient Safety

After decades of effort to improve healthcare quality and equity, a powerful new tool has presented itself to healthcare professionals—artificial intelligence. With its ability to quickly analyze larg...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Compliance versus convenience—what’s the winning combination?

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Quality & Errors

When you look at a lot of the “traditional” conditions that end up presenting during survey—propped doors, unsecured or improperly segregated gas cylinders, obstructed access to emergency equipment, s...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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The burning issue: TJC's new Sentinel Event Alert on surgical fire safety

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Best estimates from The Joint Commission (TJC) suggest that 90-100 surgical fires occur annually in the United States, creating safety hazards for patients, surgical teams, and the operating room (OR)...

Medical Environment Update

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Laboratory safety this winter season

December 13, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety

Winter is coming, and it’s time for laboratories to brush off their winter safety checklists. The forecast for the 2023–2024 winter season will be dominated by a powerful El Niño, according to the Nat...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Address healthcare worker compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress

November 27, 2023

Leadership & Finance, Behavioral & Mental Health, Healthcare Staff

Healthcare workers are no strangers to burnout and suicide as many suffer from emotional exhaustion and mental and physical stress due to the demanding nature of their job, including long working hour...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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The case for using telemedicine services

November 27, 2023

Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology

There are many benefits to utilizing telemedicine services, including increased patient access, enhanced reach of healthcare services, improved continuity of care and case management, higher patient s...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Managing Risks—How Do You PCRA?

December 13, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

Recently, I was queried about the efficacy of having a single individual be responsible for the pre-construction risk assessment (PCRA) process based on anecdotal evidence of others doing the same. Pe...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Analyzing the hospital life safety survey: The roof and penthouse equipment rooms

December 13, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

The whole purpose of the building tour is to determine if your facility is in compliance with the Life Safety Code® (LSC). The surveyor will most likely start at the top of your building inspecting me...

Medical Environment Update

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Ingraining safety: how leadership and engagement shape lab culture

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance

In the world of hospital laboratories, where precision and accuracy are non-negotiable, the culture of safety forms the bedrock of daily operations. It is within this critical context that Daniel J. S...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Get hospital lawyer to help set parameters of QAPI program disclosures

November 20, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Determining how your facility addresses requests for information about how it complies with CMS’ Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Conditions of Participation (CoP) while protectin...

Q&A: Generative AI risks and opportunities in healthcare quality improvement, Part 1

Mac’s Safety Space: Compliance versus convenience—what’s the winning combination?

The burning issue: TJC's new Sentinel Event Alert on surgical fire safety

Laboratory safety this winter season

Address healthcare worker compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress

The case for using telemedicine services

Mac’s Safety Space: Managing Risks—How Do You PCRA?

Analyzing the hospital life safety survey: The roof and penthouse equipment rooms

Ingraining safety: how leadership and engagement shape lab culture

Get hospital lawyer to help set parameters of QAPI program disclosures

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