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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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What's really driving 30-day readmission declines?

February 15, 2026

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

A Harvard study offers an alternative explanation for declines in hospital readmissions. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Decade review: 2010–2019

November 12, 2019

Patient Safety

We asked Ken Rohde, senior consultant for patient safety and process improvement at The Greeley Company, to look back at 2010–2019 and take some educated guesses at what’s in store for the next decade...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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What grade did LeapFrog give your facility for safety?

November 11, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

One third of the 2,600 general, acute care hospitals across the nation rated in The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2019 Hospital Safety Grades got an ‘A,’ grade, while 1% flunked, ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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HFAP looks at co-location, with an overview of expectations

November 12, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Partnering with other providers through a co-location arrangement can help enhance the quality and continuity of care and improve overall efficiency. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Ready, Set, ICRA!

November 11, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant One of the more frequently recurring questions/concerns/vulnerabilities in my travels relates to when it is appropriate to do a (and I will use this t...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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SHEA: More Research Needed on Antibiotic Use

November 05, 2019

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

For most infections, we don’t know the optimal drug, dose, or treatment duration. For many, we don’t even know if they require antibiotic treatment.” ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Coordinate with co-located HCOs as CMS finalizes new guidelines

November 05, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Expect CMS and other accrediting organizations to be looking at how you ensure hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP) are met in your shared areas. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Arming PCPs to screen and intervene on behavioral health

November 05, 2019

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Research shows many healthcare professionals unprepared for conducting screening and brief interventions ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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AHA suggests changes to SOM draft language on co-location of hospitals

November 05, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Comments provided to CMS by the American Hospital Association (AHA) highlights the chief concerns its members had with the draft guidelines. ...

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Half of surgery residents report harassment, bullying

November 05, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Half of general surgery residents reported experiencing workplace harassment at least a few times a year, with much of the mistreatment coming from patients and their families, and attending surgeons....

What's really driving 30-day readmission declines?

Patient Safety Decade review: 2010–2019

What grade did LeapFrog give your facility for safety?

HFAP looks at co-location, with an overview of expectations

Ready, Set, ICRA!

SHEA: More Research Needed on Antibiotic Use

Coordinate with co-located HCOs as CMS finalizes new guidelines

Arming PCPs to screen and intervene on behavioral health

AHA suggests changes to SOM draft language on co-location of hospitals

Half of surgery residents report harassment, bullying

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