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CMS may extend new LTC vaccine education rules to other facilities

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Review the details of an interim final rule CMS published in May that sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intel...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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The Chief Medical Officer’s role in addressing health equity

February 13, 2026

Health Equity

A chief medical executive has a key role to play in addressing health equity, the new chief medical executive at Clive, Iowa-based MercyOne says. Hijinio Carreon, DO, was recently named to the newly c...

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New workplace violence prevention requirements will require tough questions

June 25, 2021

Workplace safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Implementing The Joint Commission’s (TJC) workplace violence prevention requirements is going to take a multidisciplinary committee that is not afraid to ask hard questions about your organization’s c...

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FDA updates recommendations on reprocessing of flexible bronchoscopes

June 28, 2021

Infection Control, Patient Safety

FDA issues new recommmendations on reprocessing flexible bronchoscopes. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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In your eyes: The light, the heat, the flushing fluid

June 28, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As is often the case (it probably says more about me than anything else, but what can one do?), it seems that there are always conversations to have a...

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Exempt from full-scale emergency exercise? Check revised memo

June 24, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters

Inpatient providers that have an emergency plan or are still under it because of the continuing public health emergency (PHE) get a pass again this year on the full-scale community-based preparedness ...

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Top three reasons to continue mask mandates for patients and staff

June 16, 2021

The top three reasons to continue to require patients, staff, visitors, and vendors to wear masks. ...

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Coronavirus pandemic drives growth of hospital at home programs

February 13, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

After modest uptake for nearly three decades, hospital at home programs are now growing faster across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. Johns Hopkins Medicine launched the country’s firs...

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Physician shortage could be as high as 124,000 by 2034, study finds

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff

By 2034, there will be a shortage of physicians ranging from 37,800 to 124,000, according to a recent report prepared for the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC has published seven ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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A year of COVID-19 data: Lessons learned

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Infection Control

If a year of COVID-19 could be said to have any positives, one is the immense amount of data the pandemic has generated for the healthcare industry. That data has been both vast and valuable, and resu...

CMS may extend new LTC vaccine education rules to other facilities

The Chief Medical Officer’s role in addressing health equity

New workplace violence prevention requirements will require tough questions

FDA updates recommendations on reprocessing of flexible bronchoscopes

In your eyes: The light, the heat, the flushing fluid

Exempt from full-scale emergency exercise? Check revised memo

Top three reasons to continue mask mandates for patients and staff

Coronavirus pandemic drives growth of hospital at home programs

Physician shortage could be as high as 124,000 by 2034, study finds

A year of COVID-19 data: Lessons learned

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