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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Risk management and the transgender hospital admission

April 16, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

How should hospital admissions of transgender persons—which we readily acknowledge is an imprecise umbrella term—be addressed to ensure fair and equal treatment, respect patient autonomy, and provide ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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HHS Unveils Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden for Clinicians

March 01, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The federal government has released its long-awaited plan to reduce red tape and other administration snarls that create time-eating obstacles for doctors using health information technology. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Verma Raps Accrediting Organizations’ ‘Glaring Conflict of Interest’

April 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma took a swipe at accrediting organizations on February 25, noting that when they accept consulting fees from the hospitals they gr...

Mac's Safety Space

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Burning with optimism’s flame: A future state in which surveys are less frightening…

March 03, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As you are all no doubt familiar at this point, one of the key management processes promulgated by (or is it through?) the 2012 edition of NFPA 99 Hea...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Prepare now for COVID-19 to be around awhile

April 16, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

Health experts are warning providers that COVID-19 might be a long-term problem. Whether it’s contained in the U.S. to only a few dozen cases or becomes the pandemic others warn about, hospitals and o...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, March 2020

April 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

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Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, March 2020

April 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Free Webinar: Leading Change from the Bedside: Nursing’s Role in Patient Safety

April 16, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Nurses are essential members of the healthcare team, and are charged with delivering patient care in an increasingly complex environment. How do we harness their expertise, insights, and compassion to...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Five myths about spring safety

April 16, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures

As we enter March, some parts of the U.S. will be feeling their first taste of warm weather. It’s tempting to take the climbing temperatures for granted and relax your safety and security steps. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Becoming a High-Reliability Organization Through Shared Learning of Safety Events

April 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Nearly 20 years after the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report To Err Is Human, healthcare providers look to methodologies used in other high-reliability organizations for transferrable s...

Risk management and the transgender hospital admission

HHS Unveils Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden for Clinicians

Verma Raps Accrediting Organizations’ ‘Glaring Conflict of Interest’

Burning with optimism’s flame: A future state in which surveys are less frightening…

Prepare now for COVID-19 to be around awhile

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, March 2020

Inside Accreditation and Quality, March 2020

Free Webinar: Leading Change from the Bedside: Nursing’s Role in Patient Safety

Five myths about spring safety

Becoming a High-Reliability Organization Through Shared Learning of Safety Events

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