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Mac's Safety Space

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What do summer haircuts and TJC have in common?

July 03, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In reviewing the July issue of The Joint Commission’s Perspectives, the top story (if you will) deals with the ongoing reduction of standards and performance elements as we approach the Nirvana that i...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Field review on new IC standards closing on July 5

July 01, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The window to comment on four new infection prevention and control standards currently in field review is closing. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Part 2: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

December 14, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

This is the second part of our interview with Heidi Raines, the CEO and founder of Performance Health Partners and author of “Shared Voices: A Framework for Patient and Employee Safety in Healthcare“ ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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APA: Social media use poses risks to kids and teens’ mental health

December 14, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Health Equity

Like all tools, social media can be beneficial or harmful depending on how it’s used. And like all tools, when tools are used by the young, inexperienced, and unsupervised, they can cut themselves on ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Improving patient outcomes with purposefully designed patient engagement systems

December 14, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Today’s healthcare landscape and patient expectations continue to change, and at the same time, the standard of optimizing healthcare performance has developed beyond the Triple Aim (enhancing the pat...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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How to address health equity by focusing on patient experience

December 14, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Health Equity

One Brooklyn Health is implementing a health equity initiative that focuses on patient experience. Health equity has emerged as one of the pressing issues in healthcare. Last year, Health equity wa...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC: First U.S.-acquired malaria cases since 2003 reported in Florida and Texas

December 14, 2025

Infection Control

“Malaria is a medical emergency and should be treated accordingly. Patients suspected of having malaria should be urgently evaluated in a facility that is able to provide rapid diagnosis and treatment...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Ensure hazardous materials in laboratory are stored properly

June 27, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Everything in a lab has a proper place, and lab workers need to ensure items go where they are supposed to go. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Be prepared to discuss health equity efforts now that they are a National Patient Safety Goal

June 27, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Remember health equity is now an NPSG and surveyors will want to discuss your hospital's ongoing plan. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: To be or not to be—that is the risk assessment!

June 26, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant A couple of fairly short (and somewhat disparate, but the risk assessment process can figure in both) items this week: one a question/thought relating...

What do summer haircuts and TJC have in common?

Field review on new IC standards closing on July 5

Part 2: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

APA: Social media use poses risks to kids and teens’ mental health

Improving patient outcomes with purposefully designed patient engagement systems

How to address health equity by focusing on patient experience

CDC: First U.S.-acquired malaria cases since 2003 reported in Florida and Texas

Ensure hazardous materials in laboratory are stored properly

Be prepared to discuss health equity efforts now that they are a National Patient Safety Goal

Mac’s Safety Space: To be or not to be—that is the risk assessment!

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STET CMS & tools

OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

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