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Free PSMJ articles on Wildfires

February 14, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

With skies literally turning red from wildfire smoke on the West Coast, we have unlocked a couple of our Patient Safety Monitor Journal articles on wildfires, mass evacuation planning, and patient tri...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: How to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers/injuries

February 14, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Each year, 2.5 million patients suffer from pressure ulcers and injuries, with 60,000 dying from complications. To put that into some context, in 2018 there were fewer suicide attempts (1.4 million) a...

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CMS encourages state agencies, AOs to resume surveys

February 14, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Dust off any outstanding plans of correction (POC) for CMS and intensify survey readiness prep because you may be getting surveyors on-site soon. ...

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Avoid punitive approach to your safety event reporting

February 14, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Two decades after the dawn of the patient safety movement in healthcare with the publication of “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” medical errors remain a vexing challenge at healthcar...

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Punching above your weight: Virtual inspections are coming!

September 08, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we continue the endurance test that is 2020, one of the general concepts that keeps cropping up relates to external folks (I hesitate to characteri...

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DNV-GL now 2nd deeming authority for psych hospitals

September 03, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

Inpatient behavioral health facilities seeking accreditation to participate in Medicare and Medicaid now have a second choice after CMS approved DNV-GL Healthcare’s first application for recognition a...

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Been through a disaster? There is help for recovery

August 27, 2020

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

Your hospital, urgent care center, nursing home, laboratory or other healthcare facility has just survived a hurricane. Or a wildfire. Or a tornado. Or any other disaster. Now you need help with recov...

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HHS makes COVID-19 data reporting a Medicare CoP as of Sept. 2

August 28, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Get a firm handle on your COVID-19 case data now that a new interim final rule requires the information to be reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a Medicare Condition of P...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Telemedicine: Helping older patients navigate common challenges

February 14, 2026

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

Putting aside stereotypes and anecdotes about age and technological competence, experts say that issues like vision and hearing loss can make telemedicine tricky for any patient, but especially older ...

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‘Hope is not a plan’: Points to consider for a season of COVID-19 plus flu

February 14, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Workplace safety, Infection Control

Keep assessing how you triage your COVID-19 and influenza patients as the flu season escalates, and include facilities management as well as clinicians and other staff in the continuing discussion. Ma...

Free PSMJ articles on Wildfires

Q&A: How to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers/injuries

CMS encourages state agencies, AOs to resume surveys

Avoid punitive approach to your safety event reporting

Punching above your weight: Virtual inspections are coming!

DNV-GL now 2nd deeming authority for psych hospitals

Been through a disaster? There is help for recovery

HHS makes COVID-19 data reporting a Medicare CoP as of Sept. 2

Telemedicine: Helping older patients navigate common challenges

‘Hope is not a plan’: Points to consider for a season of COVID-19 plus flu

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