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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Too many antibiotics given in pneumonia treatment

September 17, 2019

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Giving patients “too much” ultimately increased their risk of adverse events. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Q&A: ISMP president discusses medication safety

September 17, 2019

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Michael R. Cohen, RPH, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), FASHP, founder and president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), discusses the current state of medication safety. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Expect renewed focus on post-discharge suicides with new SE categories

September 17, 2019

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Expect even more focus on how hospitals help patients at risk of suicide soon after discharge, now that two suicide-related categories have been shown to make up the top five sentinel events for the f...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

February 15, 2026

Workplace safety

Then they got the real thing ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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What can we do about medical device security?

February 15, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The risks range from exposing patients’ sensitive data to outright hijacking of devices, with potentially lethal consequences. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Prepare now to avoid costly occupational exposures later

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety

In just eight months in 2019, measles cases spread to more than 30 states. Even if your state isn’t one of those, it’s worth your time to review outbreak preparations for both inside and outside your ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Many Hospital ERs Lagging in ‘Pediatric Readiness’

February 15, 2026

Critically ill children brought to hospital EDs unprepared for pediatric emergencies are three times more likely to die than at hospitals well-equipped to care for them. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Ground Control to Major Compliance: EOC, baby!

September 10, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As September brings around the unwinding of summah, it also brings around The Joint Commission’s annual state of compliance sessions in locations acro...

Mac's Safety Space

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Reusables vs. single-use: The next round in the World Series of Risk Assessments?

September 04, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As summer starts its (hopefully) gradual fade into the record books and the marathon of the baseball season starts its kick to the finish line, it see...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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MGH Data Breach Affects 9,900 People

February 15, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Nearly 10,000 people are being notified by Massachusetts General Hospital that an unauthorized third-party had access to their personal information. ...

Too many antibiotics given in pneumonia treatment

Q&A: ISMP president discusses medication safety

Expect renewed focus on post-discharge suicides with new SE categories

An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

What can we do about medical device security?

Prepare now to avoid costly occupational exposures later

Many Hospital ERs Lagging in ‘Pediatric Readiness’

Ground Control to Major Compliance: EOC, baby!

Reusables vs. single-use: The next round in the World Series of Risk Assessments?

MGH Data Breach Affects 9,900 People

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