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The trouble with normal?

June 21, 2026

Quality & Errors

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant It always gets worse! While I can’t say with absolute certainty, it seems likely that I’ll be employing relatively brief missives over the next cou...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Yes, you must open doors to unvaccinated surveyors

March 30, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Ready or not, yes, you must let surveyors on site at your hospital or other facilities even if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 yet. ...

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Study shows racial disparity in hospital patient safety

June 21, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Differences in the quality of hospitals that Black and White patients access are a driver of patient safety disparities between Black and White patients, a new report says. Racial care disparities ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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How to seize on opportunities to improve safety and patient experience

June 21, 2026

Quality & Errors

There are golden opportunities to improve patient safety and patient experience at healthcare organizations, a new top executive at Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Spectrum Health says. Spectrum Healt...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Healthcare organizations still catching up to LGBTQIA+ care

June 21, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Sexual and gender minority people are not a modern phenomenon, but it’s only been in the last two decades that the healthcare industry has started rewriting policies and procedures that once excluded ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Some tips and thoughts on reengaging with normal operations

June 21, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

As anyone in emergency planning knows, part of being prepared is having an emergency recovery plan, one that lets you also go about the business of caring for patients. The COVID-19 public health e...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, April 2021

June 21, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletter Not a subscriber yet? Sign up for a Basic of Platinum membership to gain access to all Patient Safety Monitor Journal and Inside Accreditat...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2021

June 21, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Not a subscriber yet? Sign up for a Basic of Platinum membership to gain access to all Patient Safety Monitor Journal and Inside Accreditati...

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Forever in debt to your priceless advice…

June 21, 2026

Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Continuing on with our discussions of the unusually revelatory April issue of Perspectives, we shall now turn to the life safety-related items, starti...

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Improving antimicrobial stewardship: AAAHC publishes new toolkit

June 21, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

To help combat drug-resistant bacteria, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) has published a new toolkit for improving antimicrobial stewardship. The toolkit, which also ad...

The trouble with normal?

Yes, you must open doors to unvaccinated surveyors

Study shows racial disparity in hospital patient safety

How to seize on opportunities to improve safety and patient experience

Healthcare organizations still catching up to LGBTQIA+ care

Some tips and thoughts on reengaging with normal operations

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, April 2021

Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2021

Forever in debt to your priceless advice…

Improving antimicrobial stewardship: AAAHC publishes new toolkit

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