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Adopt a crisis command culture during the coronavirus pandemic

February 13, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Across the country, health systems and hospitals have established incident command centers to manage the challenges of the pandemic. At Northwell Health last spring, incident command leadership was a ...

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How to create a safety protocol for emergency department psychiatric patients

February 13, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Patients with psychiatric illness can spend lengthy periods of time in emergency departments waiting for psychiatric evaluation or transfer to an inpatient psychiatric facility. Earlier research found...

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CMS creates web portal for questions about 1135 waivers, PHE

January 13, 2021

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

CMS creates easier way to ask about waivers during the current public health emergency, which has now been extended to April 21. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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When you’ve done all you can do, what do you do?

February 13, 2026

Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safet As I start this, I’m thinking it will be kind of brief, but you and I have both been at the receiving end of my brevity, so we’ll see what happens. As I ponder...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Study: Patient photos in electronic records reduce medical errors

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

It’s never been easier to take and send photos these days. Healthcare providers can use that fact to prevent patient harm. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAM...

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Hospital-at-home program has hurdles, but can open up bed space

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities

That new waiver will allow hospitals to bill Medicare for nursing for patients sent home to free up bed space. But it is not a blanket waiver, and unless your hospital already has an acute-care-at-hom...

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Coronavirus vaccination: 4 best practices for communicating with patients

February 13, 2026

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Clinicians need to take a multipronged approach to communicating with their patients about coronavirus vaccination, a Yale New Haven Health expert says. With the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the co...

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TJC seeks input on new requirements for workplace violence prevention, resuscitative services

January 11, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

The Joint Commission is asking for feedback on proposed changes to hospital requirements on resuscitation and the long-awaited new elements of performance on workplace violence prevention. ...

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Use screening protocols to ensure civil unrest stays out of your hospital

January 07, 2021

Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

When civil unrest outside your doors threatens to come inside, be sure staff are trained on screening protocols for identifying people who should not be in your healthcare facility or on your property...

Mac's Safety Space

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Remote control: Don’t forget to close the loop

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant It would seem that the likelihood of ongoing remote surveys is growing in relation to the number of organizations awaiting survey. To be honest, I’ve ...

Adopt a crisis command culture during the coronavirus pandemic

How to create a safety protocol for emergency department psychiatric patients

CMS creates web portal for questions about 1135 waivers, PHE

When you’ve done all you can do, what do you do?

Study: Patient photos in electronic records reduce medical errors

Hospital-at-home program has hurdles, but can open up bed space

Coronavirus vaccination: 4 best practices for communicating with patients

TJC seeks input on new requirements for workplace violence prevention, resuscitative services

Use screening protocols to ensure civil unrest stays out of your hospital

Remote control: Don’t forget to close the loop

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