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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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TJC tweaks EC and LS standards, adds specifics to some requirements

September 23, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

Review your Environment of Care (EC) and Life Safety (LS) policies and procedures now that The Joint Commission has issued another round of revisions, prepublished September 21 with an effective date ...

Medical Environment Update

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Addressing antimicrobial resistance following COVID-19

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Before COVID-19, deaths from antimicrobial resistance were headed in the right direction, decreasing by nearly 30% in hospitals between 2012 and 2017. But in 2020, resistant hospital-onset infections ...

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Summer musings on life safety, healthcare security, contractor risks, and facilities compliance

February 11, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Fire & Life Safety, Workplace safety

Nothing like the last month of summer to clean out the files in the arena of life safety compliance and healthcare security. Without further ado, here’s a compilation of some news and advice for pr...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Putting TJC workplace violence prevention training updates into practice

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

This month, we continue our review of The Joint Commission’s new and revised workplace violence (WPV) prevention requirements effective January 1, 2022. The Joint Commission issued three new elements ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Institute for Healthcare Improvement boosts health equity efforts

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Health Equity

IHI is offering two ways for healthcare organizations to participate in its Pursuing Equity initiative. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity, Cybersecurity & Technology

Researchers are increasingly finding that doctors can transmit prejudice under the guise of objective descriptions. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Problematic physicians are coming, and they need thorough credentialing vetting

September 27, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

Credentialing teams face the prospect of more and more problematic physicians applying for jobs. How can these teams do their part to ensure an acceptable level of care that ultimately protects patien...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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OSHA: Look for rules on COVID, emerging infectious disease, workplace violence standards

September 27, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is focusing on healthcare safety with some of its upcoming standards, according to OSHA officials at a safety conference in late September. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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There may not be any frost on the pumpkin yet…

September 26, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

As the Fall colors start to manifest itself and the scary folk prepare for their time in the moonlight, it’s also a good time to remind folks about Fire Prevention Week (October 9 -15). ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Executive Briefing: TJC to trim requirements starting January 1, 2023

September 14, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

There will be fewer requirements for accreditation from The Joint Commission (TJC) in the near future. The commission is conducting what new TJC president and CEO Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, MA...

TJC tweaks EC and LS standards, adds specifics to some requirements

Addressing antimicrobial resistance following COVID-19

Summer musings on life safety, healthcare security, contractor risks, and facilities compliance

Putting TJC workplace violence prevention training updates into practice

Institute for Healthcare Improvement boosts health equity efforts

Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination

Problematic physicians are coming, and they need thorough credentialing vetting

OSHA: Look for rules on COVID, emerging infectious disease, workplace violence standards

There may not be any frost on the pumpkin yet…

Executive Briefing: TJC to trim requirements starting January 1, 2023

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