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Mac's Safety Space

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Mac's Safety Space: Ain’t nothing like the real thing

February 27, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Even those of you who know most of my back story might not necessarily have made the connection (there are certainly ample clues on LinkedIn), but my first 20-plus years in healthcare were spent worki...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Physicians on the move: Dealing with resignations, investigations

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff

How does your medical staff team handle a situation in which a physician with documented red flags resigns during an investigation or prior to an investigation? ...

Medical Environment Update

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Focus on worker fall prevention and safety

February 11, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

We spoke with Steve MacArthur, a safety consultant with Chartis Clinical Quality Solutions, about a healthcare facility’s safety obligations toward its contracted workers. This Q&A has been lightl...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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A four-step guide to EHR system implementation

February 11, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

EHR deployment is not a one-time effort but a continuous process that needs to reflect changes in industry trends and care provision methods. Providers must review, update, and optimize their systems ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Mistreatment linked to burnout in emergency medicine residents

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety

Emergency medicine residents who experience workplace mistreatment are more likely to be burned out than residents who do not experience workplace mistreatment, according to a new research article. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Preventing hospital-acquired infections is everybody’s job, not just nurses

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff

Infection prevention and control is fundamental to providing safe and high-quality patient care. A poor infection control program can result in increased rates of infections, significant illness, and ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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ICYMI: Health equity standards now NPSG; TJC deletes some standards; PHE lives on for now

February 21, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Health equity now NPSG, PHE to end May 11, TJC completes round one standards review. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Survey preparation: TJC updates standards again, PHE remains active (for now), OSHA reports

February 21, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

TJC finishes first round of standards review; PHE continues through May 11 ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac's Safety Space: Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band…

February 20, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Surveyors tend to focus on what is new to the mix, which means you should have completed the first go-round of the workplace analysis relative to the management of workplace violence risks in your org...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Review fire and evacuation protocols in wake of recent hospital fire near Boston

February 08, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Review fire and evacuation drills to ensure you can get all patients and visitors out without injury or death, just as a Massachusetts hospital did on Tuesday, February 7, after a transformer caught f...

Mac's Safety Space: Ain’t nothing like the real thing

Physicians on the move: Dealing with resignations, investigations

Focus on worker fall prevention and safety

A four-step guide to EHR system implementation

Mistreatment linked to burnout in emergency medicine residents

Preventing hospital-acquired infections is everybody’s job, not just nurses

ICYMI: Health equity standards now NPSG; TJC deletes some standards; PHE lives on for now

Survey preparation: TJC updates standards again, PHE remains active (for now), OSHA reports

Mac's Safety Space: Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band…

Review fire and evacuation protocols in wake of recent hospital fire near Boston

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