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Dartmouth Health leads effort to address rural healthcare disparities

June 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Health Equity

Rural residents face unique challenges to accessing healthcare such as far-flung geography, according to Dartmouth Health. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Manage your hospitalize diabetic patients to improve outcomes and lower the cost of care

June 19, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff

Compared to other hospitalized patients, patients with diabetes have longer lengths of stay and higher readmission rates. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Steps are being taken to combat workplace violence as assaults on nurses rise

November 29, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Violence against nurses is rising. Here are some steps about what's being done to combat workplace violence. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood…

November 28, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment

Some highlights that might be useful as we close out survey year 2022 and embark upon the 2023 open season on the environment. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Burnout: Tackling nursing's trifecta of challenges

November 22, 2022

Healthcare Staff

The healthcare system must find a way to provide the access to training for tens of thousands of would-be nurses. ...

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Join us for a demo of Accreditation and Quality Compliance Center

June 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

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Medical Environment Update

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Blood pressure device maintenance, with or without manufacturer instructions

June 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The most ubiquitous tools in healthcare include blood pressure cuffs (BPC) and other blood pressure (BP) measuring devices, and their importance can’t be overstated. ...

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Q&A with Lauris Freidenfelds on healthcare security

June 19, 2026

Fire & Life Safety, Workplace safety

Lauris V. Freidenfelds, vice president of security risk consulting with Telgian Engineering & Consulting, has been in many roles as a healthcare security leader. He’s a nationally recognized secur...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Get documents ready for surveyors because they may only ask once

November 22, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment

Download The Joint Commission’s (TJC) document review checklist and ensure you have all the documents available for surveyors before they leave the premises. You may not get another chance. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Improving access to ultrasound at the point of care

June 19, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

To a layperson, ultrasound as a tool generally calls pregnancy or abdominal imaging to mind. But as medical practitioners know, ultrasound is much more than that, though the technology is often underu...

Dartmouth Health leads effort to address rural healthcare disparities

Manage your hospitalize diabetic patients to improve outcomes and lower the cost of care

Steps are being taken to combat workplace violence as assaults on nurses rise

Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood…

Burnout: Tackling nursing's trifecta of challenges

Join us for a demo of Accreditation and Quality Compliance Center

Blood pressure device maintenance, with or without manufacturer instructions

Q&A with Lauris Freidenfelds on healthcare security

Get documents ready for surveyors because they may only ask once

Improving access to ultrasound at the point of care

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