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Mac's Safety Space

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If there weren’t challenges…

May 24, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant …it really wouldn’t be an event that requires emergency response. Somehow over the last little while, the fundamental nature of what constitutes an...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers don’t conflict with those requirements

May 11, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Be sure to review any federal 1135 blanket waivers against your state's requirements to make sure you've met compliance expectations. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Polypharmacy in older adults: Knowing when to deprescribe

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Many studies have shown the benefits of certain medications for improving long-term outcomes in patients with chronic conditions. However, even when evidence-based recommendations are closely followed...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Nurses’ mental, physical health tied to preventable medical errors

February 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff, Quality & Errors

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, critical care nurses (CCN) were experiencing alarmingly high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and poor physical health—factors that correlated with an in...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Clean hands, clear communication: How nurse leaders ushered in hand hygiene tech tools

February 13, 2026

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system where he is director of quality, Bill Cox, RN, CPPS, CPHQ, was skeptical. “I would say, ‘How are we at 90% when I se...

Mac's Safety Space

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Take me to your leaders

May 17, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I believe that we’ll be able to wrap up the emergency management stuff next week—though I have one or two ideas percolating that I might move to the f...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Review new CMS vaccines rule: It may soon apply to more facilities

May 11, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS pre-published an interim final rule today that sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities, and is seeking comment to expand the rules to other types of providers. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS’ notice on Joint Commission surveys could be eye-opener for MSPs

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In the Federal Register last summer, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made a significant move that impacts Joint Commission surveys. On July 17, 2020, in Volume 85, Number 138...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Use risk assessment to improve your infection prevention and control post-pandemic

February 13, 2026

Infection Control

As the public health emergency (PHE) winds down, resist the urge to return to the way you did things before the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in your outlying clinics and ambulatory care sites. Ide...

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Radiomics Offers a New Weapon in the Battle Against Cancer

February 13, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The introduction of genomics was a significant advance in the battle against cancer. The ability to understand how specific genes predict the likelihood of acquiring cancer or the success of a particu...

If there weren’t challenges…

Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers don’t conflict with those requirements

Polypharmacy in older adults: Knowing when to deprescribe

Nurses’ mental, physical health tied to preventable medical errors

Clean hands, clear communication: How nurse leaders ushered in hand hygiene tech tools

Take me to your leaders

Review new CMS vaccines rule: It may soon apply to more facilities

CMS’ notice on Joint Commission surveys could be eye-opener for MSPs

Use risk assessment to improve your infection prevention and control post-pandemic

Radiomics Offers a New Weapon in the Battle Against Cancer

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