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National survey gives telehealth good reviews

February 13, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology

About 14% of respondents to a new the survey reported that access to telehealth kept them out of the emergency department. The new national survey of 1776 people, conducted by telephone in June and Ju...

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After 3 months of declines, telehealth use stabilizes

February 13, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology

Telehealth as a percentage of all medical claims rose 2% nationally from April to May after dropping for the three previous months, according to nonprofit FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tra...

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TJC seeking comment on proposed changes to antimicrobial stewardship standard

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

What do you think about the proposed changes to The Joint Commission's antimicrobial stewardship requirements? They want to know. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Looking back, looking ahead: Where did all the heroes go?

August 16, 2021

Environment and Facilities

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant For those of you who have been watching this space for a while, it is probably a pretty good likelihood that you know that I (at times) have a tendenc...

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Processing processes: Keeping everything in front of you…

August 10, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I’m thinking that there’s probably a fairly limited number of you folks for whom durable medical equipment (DME) is part of your “span of control,” th...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Improving pregnancy health: How we can predict challenges sooner

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety

Conditions like preterm birth, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes impact 45 million women every year across the world. That’s triple the rate of cancer, yet we lack a reliable way to identify pati...

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Pushback on OSHA COVID-19 standard leads to extended comment period

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

If you felt aggravated by OSHA’s rush to implement an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect healthcare workers against COVID-19, you are not alone. By late July more than 130 individuals and o...

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Value-based healthcare: How it expanded during COVID-19

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors, Infection Control

The National Alliance of Purchaser Coalitions recently conducted a survey that showed six in 10 employers are considering or already engaged in value-based design approaches, in no small part because ...

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New survey report details coronavirus pandemic’s negative impact on physicians

February 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Infection Control

The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy toll on the wellbeing of physicians, a new survey report says. The coronavirus pandemic is one of the most significant public health crises in more than a ce...

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Patients face significant risk of respiratory illness infection in primary care offices

February 13, 2026

Infection Control

There is a significant risk of spreading infection of influenza-like illness in primary care offices, a new research article shows. The potential for the spread of respiratory illness in healthcare se...

National survey gives telehealth good reviews

After 3 months of declines, telehealth use stabilizes

TJC seeking comment on proposed changes to antimicrobial stewardship standard

Looking back, looking ahead: Where did all the heroes go?

Processing processes: Keeping everything in front of you…

Improving pregnancy health: How we can predict challenges sooner

Pushback on OSHA COVID-19 standard leads to extended comment period

Value-based healthcare: How it expanded during COVID-19

New survey report details coronavirus pandemic’s negative impact on physicians

Patients face significant risk of respiratory illness infection in primary care offices

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