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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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EHRs Fail to Detect Up to One-third of Medication Errors

April 16, 2026

Quality & Errors

“EHRs are supposed to ensure safe use of medications in hospitals,” said study corresponding author David C. Classen, MD, a professor of internal medicine at U of U Health. “They’re not doing that.” ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Excerpt: Role of Leaders

April 16, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

The following excerpt comes from of the HCPro book, Chapter Leader’s Guide to Emergency Management, Second Edition: During a crisis, many people placed in leadership positions often resort to an autho...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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TJC, other AOs to change survey focus in wake of pandemic

April 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

As regular survey activities slowly resume, expect The Joint Commission (TJC) and other accrediting organizations (AO) to follow CMS in focusing on infection control and taking a detailed look at how ...

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Nearly 600, and counting, U.S. Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19

April 16, 2026

Workplace safety, Infection Control

The tally includes doctors, nurses and paramedics, as well as crucial healthcare support staff such as hospital janitors, administrators and nursing home workers, who have put their own lives at risk ...

Mac's Safety Space

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A little mo’ from the Mighty O (ccupational Safety & Health Administration)

June 08, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As they are wont to do, the folks at OSHA periodically issue safety alerts and it would seem that the ongoing challenges of managing the ongoing occup...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Study: About a Quarter of Hospitals Have Telestroke Capacity

April 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology

As of 2019, just over 27% of hospitals had telestroke capacity, according to the study. Over a third of hospitals with telestroke capacity by 2017 were larger health systems, while nearly 15% were sma...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Behavioral health in the time of COVID: Tips for handling patients’ stress

April 16, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

Working with behavioral health patients is a challenge at any time. During an infectious disease outbreak such as COVID-19, the task is magnified by stress, the need for social isolation, infection co...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Study: Negligible infection risk from reused pacemakers, ICDs

April 16, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Ideally, there should be no need to reuse cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED) like pacemakers and defibrillators—every patient should be able to get a new one. But that is not always ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Telehealth Expansion During Coronavirus Pandemic Changing Physician-Patient Relationship

April 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

“Whether telemedicine is a good or bad thing for the physician-patient relationship is largely dependent on the individual level of comfort of the patient and their physician,” says Joy L. Lee, PhD ...

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Physician Advocate: Coronavirus Pandemic Shows Need to Ease Regulatory Burdens

April 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology

Healthcare is one of the most highly regulated sectors in the U.S. economy. Regulatory compliance costs hospitals $1,200 for every patient admitted, according to the American Hospital Association. ...

EHRs Fail to Detect Up to One-third of Medication Errors

Excerpt: Role of Leaders

TJC, other AOs to change survey focus in wake of pandemic

Nearly 600, and counting, U.S. Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19

A little mo’ from the Mighty O (ccupational Safety & Health Administration)

Study: About a Quarter of Hospitals Have Telestroke Capacity

Behavioral health in the time of COVID: Tips for handling patients’ stress

Study: Negligible infection risk from reused pacemakers, ICDs

Telehealth Expansion During Coronavirus Pandemic Changing Physician-Patient Relationship

Physician Advocate: Coronavirus Pandemic Shows Need to Ease Regulatory Burdens

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