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Consider using alternate equipment management to free up staff for critical compliance issues

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Cybersecurity & Technology

Make strategic use of alternate equipment management (AEM) plans to streamline your facility’s workload and eliminate unnecessary testing, suggests Richard L. Parker, CHFM, CLSS-HC, FACHE, FASHE, asso...

Medical Environment Update

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Tips for working with the lab you have

December 13, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety

Last week we asked about your perfect dream laboratory—but there is a reason we called it a dream. Most healthcare organizations can’t afford to build new laboratories from the ground up and instead h...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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ACHC highlights cited deficiencies at ambulatory surgery centers

February 12, 2024

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) are being reminded of the importance of having complete documentation in patients’ medical records. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Preventive cybersecurity: Key to safeguarding healthcare's digital frontiers

February 12, 2024

Cybersecurity & Technology

Cybersecurity never sleeps. A recent major report on the topic, published in November, comes from the U.S. government’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This report is partic...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Building your dream laboratory

December 13, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety

Imagine if you could have your perfect laboratory. Leadership gave you the green light and the funds for you to design, build, and equip a new lab however you like. What annoyances would you remove? W...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Review medication security as high-profile incidents focus AOs on drug diversion

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Review security measures designed to stop drug diversion, and educate staff and providers about how to dispose properly of unused controlled substances. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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If you don’t properly maintain the environment…

February 05, 2024

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As we continue our crawl through The Joint Commission standards changes, let’s drop in on the changes in the Infection Control chapter. Although the changes aren’t necessarily pointed at the physical ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Inside CMS validation surveys: Strategies for consistent healthcare quality

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

With the advent of side-by-side validation surveys, healthcare accreditation leaders have quickly realized that they need to be thoroughly prepared for all types of surveys every day, now more than ev...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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IHI: This healthcare rule does not spark joy

February 05, 2024

Patient Safety

If you could break any rule in service of a better experience for patients or healthcare staff, what would it be? What rules create complexity and effort for doctors, nurses, and patients without impr...

Medical Environment Update

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It shouldn’t take a crisis to make a leader

December 13, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance

A crisis can happen at any time, anywhere, and to any organization or community. Some are fairly predictable, such as the cyclical patterns of weather; others come unannounced, such as the events of 9...

Consider using alternate equipment management to free up staff for critical compliance issues

Tips for working with the lab you have

ACHC highlights cited deficiencies at ambulatory surgery centers

Preventive cybersecurity: Key to safeguarding healthcare's digital frontiers

Q&A: Building your dream laboratory

Review medication security as high-profile incidents focus AOs on drug diversion

If you don’t properly maintain the environment…

Inside CMS validation surveys: Strategies for consistent healthcare quality

IHI: This healthcare rule does not spark joy

It shouldn’t take a crisis to make a leader

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