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Medical Environment Update

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Departmental Workplace Violence Assessment (courtesy Bryan Warren)

December 14, 2025

Workplace safety

(Departmental workplace violence risk assessment courtesy of Bryan Warren, president and chief consultant for WarSec Security; for more information on this tool, go here; for a downloadable copy of th...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Improving behavioral healthcare: Examples of unnecessary rules

December 14, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

“One thing behavioral healthcare can do is get rid of unnecessary rules—rules that have been developed for staff convenience or organizational reasons like cost, rather than for patient comfort and ca...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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MRSA numbers growing: Review updated SHEA recommendations with leadership to control infections

August 22, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Review the latest recommendations for controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, more commonly known as MRSA, with your infection prevention and control team as well as your medical staf...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: If you knew there was a problem in the physical environment, you would correct it

August 21, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

If you knew there was a problem in the physical environment, you would correct it. Wouldn’t you? ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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The CMS’ State Operations Manual appears updated—but not by much

August 09, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After years of changing and adding new Conditions of Participation (CoP), CMS has finally updated its only guidance for surveyors, State Operations Manual, Appendix A (SOM). But not entirely. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC: Suicide deaths increased 2.6% in 2022, according to provisional datad

December 14, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health

On August 10, the CDC released its latest provisional suicide estimates for 2022, showing suicide deaths on the rise. There were approximately 49,499 suicide deaths in 2022, or 1,316 more than in 2021...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Improving customer service in behavioral health

December 14, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

While the term might invoke images of restaurants, hotels, and store clerks rather than healthcare, customer service is about working with stressed, unhappy, or potentially violent customers/patients ...

Medical Environment Update

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Observe eye safety in the laboratory this August

December 14, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, and while hopefully your laboratory staff aren’t children, they should know the protocols for eye protection when dealing with hazardous materials. Am...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Using AI to improve interactions between physicians and patients

December 14, 2025

Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff, Cybersecurity & Technology

DAX Express is an AI-powered solution that automatically documents patient encounters through voice-enabled technology. Clinicians can use the solution to take notes during patient interactions, helpi...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Survey: 99% of hospital pharmacists experiencing drug shortages

December 14, 2025

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Drug shortages are near a 10-year high, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Drug shortages can have an impact on patient care, including drug rationing, delays in ca...

Departmental Workplace Violence Assessment (courtesy Bryan Warren)

Improving behavioral healthcare: Examples of unnecessary rules

MRSA numbers growing: Review updated SHEA recommendations with leadership to control infections

Mac’s Safety Space: If you knew there was a problem in the physical environment, you would correct it

The CMS’ State Operations Manual appears updated—but not by much

CDC: Suicide deaths increased 2.6% in 2022, according to provisional datad

Improving customer service in behavioral health

Observe eye safety in the laboratory this August

Using AI to improve interactions between physicians and patients

Survey: 99% of hospital pharmacists experiencing drug shortages

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