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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Antibiotic stewardship updates from Joint Commission effective January 1, 2023

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Robert Campbell, PharmD, BCSCP, director of Medication Management and of TJC’s Standards Interpretation Group, gave a presentation about the antibiotic stewardship standards at TJC’s annual Executive ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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IHI Forum: Berwick says ‘One of the problems in healthcare is greed’

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Health Equity

The focus on profits in U.S. healthcare is “damaging,” Institute for Healthcare Improvement President Emeritus and Senior Fellow Donald Berwick, MD, said during last week’s IHI Forum in Orlando, Flori...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS offers some flexibilities, challenges for facility conversion to REH provider

December 13, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Acute care hospitals in rural areas with 50 beds or less or facilities that qualify as critical access hospitals might want to consider converting to CMS’ newly outlined Rural Emergency Hospital provi...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Readers weigh in on what’s wrong with this picture

December 13, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Can you tell what’s wrong in this photograph? If so, you are not alone. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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When the going gets tough…

December 12, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Concerns relating to violence in the healthcare workplace has been with us a long time (was there ever a time when it wasn’t somewhere in the mix? I tend to think not). ...

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Joint Commission eliminates use of ‘licensed independent practitioner’

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission (TJC) will no longer use the term “licensed independent practitioner” in its hospital and critical access hospital standards. Starting February 19, 2023, the term “licensed practi...

Medical Environment Update

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The Sub-Mariner and the attack of the safety shower

February 11, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Those scenarios remind me of labs that suddenly need to use the emergency shower—and are quite unprepared for the event. ...

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HIPAA security best practices heading into 2023

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology, Workplace safety

Workplace security. Life safety compliance. HIPAA privacy and security. They’re all intertwined with a common goal: safety for healthcare employees and patients. With that, we’re providing some HIP...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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TJC: Antibiotic stewardship updates effective January 1, 2023

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The Joint Commission (TJC) has several updated antibiotic stewardship elements of performance (EP) that will take effect on January 1, 2023. These EPs include requirements to have an antibiotic stewar...

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CMS urges hospitals to take violence prevention steps

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

Recommended steps to prevent workplace violence in hospitals include ensuring workers receive adequate training, having sufficient staffing levels, providing ongoing assessment of patients and residen...

Antibiotic stewardship updates from Joint Commission effective January 1, 2023

IHI Forum: Berwick says ‘One of the problems in healthcare is greed’

CMS offers some flexibilities, challenges for facility conversion to REH provider

Readers weigh in on what’s wrong with this picture

When the going gets tough…

Joint Commission eliminates use of ‘licensed independent practitioner’

The Sub-Mariner and the attack of the safety shower

HIPAA security best practices heading into 2023

TJC: Antibiotic stewardship updates effective January 1, 2023

CMS urges hospitals to take violence prevention steps

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

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