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Immediate Jeopardy: How much do you want to wager?

March 27, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant With best wishes to Alex Trebek! Over the last couple of weeks, the folks at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (we know them by the ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Joint Commission to publicly report C-sections

February 16, 2026

Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Next year, patients and potential parents will have one more metric by which to judge your hospital. Starting July 2020, The Joint Commission (TJC) will publicly report hospitals that have consistentl...

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Keeping an eye on things: Managing behavioral health patients

March 20, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant What, again?!? Recently, our friends in Chicago added a new FAQ to the canon, this time reflecting on the use of video monitoring/electronic sitter...

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Cost of sepsis readmissions exceeds $16,000 per patient

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The annual estimated cost of sepsis readmissions is about half the annual cost of all four of the conditions in Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, recent research shows. ...

Inside the Joint Commission

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Inside the Joint Commission, March 18, 2019

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In this issue: CMS revises its guidance for surveyors on how to determine immediate jeopardy Emergency preparedness: CDC highlights Ebola outbreak in urging hospitals to prepare for emerging i...

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It’s been a long time: Revisiting an EOC perennial

March 13, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Setting the wayback machine for the dark ages of safety (well, 2011 or so), we come to the last time we covered the monitoring of temperature and/or h...

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SHEA Urges Increased Focus on Preventing Superbugs

February 16, 2026

Infection Control

The report found that progress against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has slowed in hospitals, while methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) is increasing i...

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Eat, drink, and be safe: Some guidance on the care and feeding of staff

March 06, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant One of the more universal conditions I find is the whole issue of where staff can grab something to eat or drink in the midst of busy periods, particu...

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Learning from a ransomware attack on your hospital

February 16, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters

The attack from a criminal syndicate in Eastern Europe was initiated through the emergency backup facility used by the 71-staffed-bed hospital many miles away, and it had infected many, if not all its...

Inside the Joint Commission

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Inside the Joint Commission, March 4, 2019

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In this issue: Staff safety: Review PPE training and protect staff ahead of new survey expectations Patient's rights: TJC encourages patient-centered approach to de-escalating workplace viole...

Immediate Jeopardy: How much do you want to wager?

Joint Commission to publicly report C-sections

Keeping an eye on things: Managing behavioral health patients

Cost of sepsis readmissions exceeds $16,000 per patient

Inside the Joint Commission, March 18, 2019

It’s been a long time: Revisiting an EOC perennial

SHEA Urges Increased Focus on Preventing Superbugs

Eat, drink, and be safe: Some guidance on the care and feeding of staff

Learning from a ransomware attack on your hospital

Inside the Joint Commission, March 4, 2019

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