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New substance abuse partnership aims to reduce unnecessary 911 transports

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Health Equity, Quality & Errors

Bicycle Health, a San Francisco-based provider of virtual opioid addiction treatments, in joining forces with Tele911 to develop a platform that helps first responders direct patients with substance a...

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USC launches new health systems management engineering program

February 12, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

The University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, in conjunction with the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, has launched the first...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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One organization’s journey to automate its credentialing process

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

How can MSPs reduce the number of days to process a credentialing file while not rushing through the process and letting problem practitioners slip through the cracks? One way is to automate steps of ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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IAHSS releases updated healthcare use-of-force guidelines

February 12, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety has released updated guidance on use of force in healthcare security settings. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Let there be more light

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

It does appear that things are starting to shift on the regulatory front as it relates to COVID-19. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: What to know about the 2022 pneumonia guidelines update

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

PSMJ spoke with Bradley T. Truax, MD, principal consultant of the Truax Group, about the guidelines and about general pneumonia care and prevention. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Safe handling of monkeypox in the laboratory

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

The CDC has updated its guidance on infection control of monkeypox for healthcare settings, reminding providers that any case suspected of being of the more deadly Congo Basin clade requires more exte...

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Q&A with Ted Saunders on survey prep, learning opportunities for LSC officials

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

Ted Saunders is a certified fire protection specialist and a certified Life Safety Code® (LSC) specialist in the healthcare arena. He is the president of Patriot Fire & Life Safety Consulting and ...

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Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Health Equity

ERIN, Tenn. — Kyle Kopec gets a kick out of leading tours through the run-down hospitals his boss is buying, pointing out what he calls relics of poor management left by a revolving door of operators....

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Follow 7 Principles for disease and risk factor screening in emergency departments

February 12, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

Health systems and hospitals should follow seven principles to conduct screening for disease or health risk factors in emergency departments, according to a new journal article. Particularly for pa...

New substance abuse partnership aims to reduce unnecessary 911 transports

USC launches new health systems management engineering program

One organization’s journey to automate its credentialing process

IAHSS releases updated healthcare use-of-force guidelines

Let there be more light

Q&A: What to know about the 2022 pneumonia guidelines update

Q&A: Safe handling of monkeypox in the laboratory

Q&A with Ted Saunders on survey prep, learning opportunities for LSC officials

Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies

Follow 7 Principles for disease and risk factor screening in emergency departments

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