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Healthcare Safety Leader

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Create disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency

May 30, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters

Create easy to store and quick to move disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Have you considered artificial intelligence in credentialing?

May 30, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

Artificial intelligence and machine learning present opportunities in the credentialing and enrollment processes within the healthcare industry. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Better late than never—CMS is still keeping score!

May 29, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In years past, the term-ending grades for the various accreditation organizations have been transmitted to Congress in the late fall/early winter (the winter portion depends on where you are), but for...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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FDA approves overdose reversing nasal spray, Opvee

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

On May 22, the FDA approved a nasal spray that can be used for emergency treatment for overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids. The medicine, Opvee, was first approved as an injection in the 19...

Medical Environment Update

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Keep stock of masks and ventilators: Public health emergency to end but COVID-19 cases will continue

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Be prepared for COVID-19 cases to increase in number and potentially severity if the general public becomes too lax in vaccination, testing, and using precautions once the public health emergency (PHE...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Part 1: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

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...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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A national patient identifier is up for debate. Patient safety Is not

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

This lack of consistency in patient identification leads to medical errors and financial burdens for patients, clinicians, and institutions. Repeated medical care due to duplicate records costs an ave...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Antibiotic stewardship initiative at urgent care clinics cuts prescribing by 15%

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Most antibiotic prescriptions in the United States are made in outpatient settings and as many as 30% of those prescriptions may be unnecessary. Antibiotic overuse has been linked to antibiotic resist...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Check your latches and labels: Surveyors focusing on fire doors

May 23, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

Check all fire doors to ensure they latch properly and that labels on the fire door assemblies are legible. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Anesthesiologist takes steps to reduce gas emissions in his practice and beyond

May 23, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Use evidence-based reasoning to get more people, including clinicians, involved in environmental sustainability efforts in your healthcare system. ...

Create disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency

Have you considered artificial intelligence in credentialing?

Mac’s Safety Space: Better late than never—CMS is still keeping score!

FDA approves overdose reversing nasal spray, Opvee

Keep stock of masks and ventilators: Public health emergency to end but COVID-19 cases will continue

Part 1: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

A national patient identifier is up for debate. Patient safety Is not

Antibiotic stewardship initiative at urgent care clinics cuts prescribing by 15%

Check your latches and labels: Surveyors focusing on fire doors

Anesthesiologist takes steps to reduce gas emissions in his practice and beyond

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