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CEOs Make Healthcare Worker Safety a Top Priority

February 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

A group of healthcare organization CEOs recently adopted a Declaration of Principles to improve the safety of healthcare workers. Healthcare settings pose several safety concerns for caregivers and...

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ATA Chair: Telemedicine Choices in Next Few Months Will Shape the Next Decade

February 13, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

With pandemic case rates plummeting, telehealth has reached a fork in the road, and one of the industry’s leaders is worried about it. “The choices we make in the next few months, all around the in...

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Processing Clinician Grief and Burnout During, and Outside of, a Pandemic

February 13, 2026

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

In the worst stretches of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals were profoundly impacted by the rigors and trauma of their work. Experiencing daily challenges associated with the harsh reali...

Mac's Safety Space

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Bye bye, business occupancy?

June 07, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant To my fairly certain knowledge, I’ve tried to stay away from anything that might approximate “click bait,” though I will freely admit that this week’s...

Mac's Safety Space

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Stop making sense: Normalizing abnormality…

June 01, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant A brief foray this week, though I hope that is very much in keeping with you all being able to grab a few moments for yourselves over the holiday week...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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The moments in between: Monitoring patients in transit

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

It happens more than we’d like: Patients require transport from one area to another, be it from their room to an imaging lab or to the ICU, and somewhere along that trek—in a hallway, an elevator—they...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Keep what worked, ditch what didn’t as you plan now for next pandemic

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Whether you are planning for a new healthcare facility or considering renovations or improvements to existing facilities, know that the next pandemic could present even greater physical environment ch...

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California HHS Rebuffs CDC, Extends Mask Guidance Through Mid-June

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

California state health officials announced this week that they will extend a mask mandate through June 15, despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that lifted many of the restri...

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New Toolkit Aids Nurse Leaders in Reestablishing Family-Presence Policies

February 13, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

A new decision-making tool to help nurse leaders re-start family-presence policies that balance safety with a patient’s emotional need for family was released Tuesday. The Family Presence Policy De...

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Nearly Half of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Discharged in Declining Shape

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

Nearly half of COVID-19 patients left the hospital with significant functional decline post-discharge, a new study from Michigan Medicine found. Of those survivors who suffered functional decline, 80%...

CEOs Make Healthcare Worker Safety a Top Priority

ATA Chair: Telemedicine Choices in Next Few Months Will Shape the Next Decade

Processing Clinician Grief and Burnout During, and Outside of, a Pandemic

Bye bye, business occupancy?

Stop making sense: Normalizing abnormality…

The moments in between: Monitoring patients in transit

Keep what worked, ditch what didn’t as you plan now for next pandemic

California HHS Rebuffs CDC, Extends Mask Guidance Through Mid-June

New Toolkit Aids Nurse Leaders in Reestablishing Family-Presence Policies

Nearly Half of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Discharged in Declining Shape

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