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Will policy, regulation issues stifle AI’s advances in healthcare?

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology

While healthcare organizations are scrambling to understand how and where AI can best fit in, there’s a mad rush to figure out policy and regulations as well. ...

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Pediatric NPs gain a new tool to strengthen mental healthcare for young patients

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Healthcare Staff

The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) is launching NAPNAP Cares, with online continuing education (CE) courses designed to support pediatric-focused NPs and advanced pract...

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CDC: Increase in hospitalizations involving fungal infection

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Hospitalizations involving fungal infections increased 8.5% each year between 2019 and 2021, according to a new CDC analysis, and was driven primarily by hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19–ass...

Medical Environment Update

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Part 1: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

February 11, 2026

Physical environment, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety

Creating and sustaining a culture of safety has been a challenge for many healthcare organizations, but the objective value in having one can’t be overstated. Organizations like the Institute for Heal...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Healthcare-associated infections remain after the pandemic

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety

When the Leapfrog Safety Group published its annual list of Hospital Safety Grades, they announced they’d found a significant increase in healthcare-associated infections (HAI) during the COVID-19 pan...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Report to Congress: CMS hospital scorecards skewed by pandemic

June 20, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As in past years, CMS is concerned about the number and severity of deficiencies found by accrediting organizations (AO) compared to those found during CMS validation surveys at the same hospitals sho...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS still pushing accrediting organizations to take tougher stance during surveys

June 20, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Expect accrediting organizations (AO) to focus more on the physical environment, patient rights, infection control, governing body leadership, and anesthesia services. And also expect more condition-l...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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COVID-19 emergency management in a post–public health emergency world

June 20, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, but the spread of COVID-19 must still be controlled. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Staff environmental support—it can make a difference

June 19, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Staff

While the focus of compliance tends to revolve around rules, regulations and such, I think it’s clear that one of the greatest challenges in healthcare is the attraction and retention of staff. ...

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Global violence against healthcare reached new heights in 2022

February 11, 2026

Workplace safety

The majority of incidents 2022 in came from Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion (782), and from Myanmar as a result of the military coup the year before (271). Incidents were highest in countr...

Will policy, regulation issues stifle AI’s advances in healthcare?

Pediatric NPs gain a new tool to strengthen mental healthcare for young patients

CDC: Increase in hospitalizations involving fungal infection

Part 1: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

Q&A: Healthcare-associated infections remain after the pandemic

Report to Congress: CMS hospital scorecards skewed by pandemic

CMS still pushing accrediting organizations to take tougher stance during surveys

COVID-19 emergency management in a post–public health emergency world

Mac’s Safety Space: Staff environmental support—it can make a difference

Global violence against healthcare reached new heights in 2022

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