Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
12
Issue
38

Joint Commission Revises Scoring for IC Standard

February 17, 2026
The Joint Commission (TJC) this week announced scoring changes for its IC.02.02.01 standard, which requires facilities to reduce infection risk associated with medical equipment, devices, and supplies...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
19
Issue
10

Improve patient mobility in five easy steps

February 17, 2026
The benefits of mobility among hospitalized patients are well-known: decreased pressure ulcers, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and functional decline, to name a few. “Hospital-acquired pressure ul...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
29
Issue
9

HFAP revises ligature risks standards

February 17, 2026
To keep themselves as closely aligned with CMS as possible, HFAP has updated their Acute Care Manual with new prepublication requirements on removing ligature (hanging) risks in rooms meant for suici...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
29
Issue
9

CMS delays hospital star ratings update, again

February 17, 2026
Citing “stakeholder concerns,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has once again postponed an update to its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings....
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
19
Issue
9

Q&A: Focus put on dialysis

February 17, 2026
In patient safety, when hospital accreditors take an interest in something, you should as well. That is why you should be paying extra attention to your dialysis procedures. Each year, 468,000 patien...