News & Analysis | .accreditationqualitycenter

Mac's Safety Space

- Volume

Issue

You go back, Jack, and do it again……

July 04, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Health Equity, Laboratory Safety, Policies and Procedures

In this week’s installment, our friends in Chicago have sharpened their pencils (and placed them in a safe place once their edits were completed) in their guidance to behavioral health organizations, ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

- Volume

Issue

CMS approves TJC as an AO for three years

June 30, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS approved The Joint Commission’s (TJC) hospital accreditation program for just another three years. If not for the pandemic, that time span might have been longer. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

- Volume

Issue

3D molds enable new standard of care for surgery

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Quality & Errors

What if surgeons could practice an upcoming, particularly challenging surgery on a realistic model that looks and feels like an actual patient? This type of rehearsal is now a reality using a techniqu...

Volume

Issue

Examining in practice updated TJC workplace violence prevention requirements

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

As previously reported, The Joint Commission unveiled new and revised workplace violence (WPV) prevention requirements effective January 1, 2022. The Joint Commission issued three new elements of perf...

Medical Environment Update

- Volume

Issue

Lessons learned from the RaDonda Vaught case

February 12, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Quality & Errors

When a medical error occurs, the investigation should start with why the mistake happened and examine the systems and processes before asking who made the mistake. While there does need to be accounta...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Building a business case for asynchronous telehealth

February 12, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology

Unlike synchronous telehealth, which basically consists of a two-way, real-time audio-video feed between patient and care provider, asynchronous telehealth doesn’t involve real-time communication, and...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Survey: Virtual Visits Have Their Benefits (and Distractions)

February 12, 2026

Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

A survey of patient and provider attitudes toward telehealth find that both see the virtual visit as a complementary to the in-person visit, but not as a replacement. And they both certainly know when...

Healthcare Safety Leader

- Volume

Issue

Use updated ICRA tool now to assess infection control on construction projects

June 28, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control

The updated infection control risk assessment (ICRA) tool for construction, renovation, and operations might be longer, but it is more user-friendly and eliminates some of the guesswork from the old v...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

- Volume

Issue

Use updated ICRA tool now to assess infection control on construction projects

June 28, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control

Healthcare Safety Leader

- Volume

Issue

Tips for managing vendor relationships in healthcare

February 12, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

Prudent third-party risk management in healthcare follows a time-tested playbook and hinges on a few key fundamentals that all risk managers can use to assess their organization’s progress. It is also...

You go back, Jack, and do it again……

CMS approves TJC as an AO for three years

3D molds enable new standard of care for surgery

Examining in practice updated TJC workplace violence prevention requirements

Lessons learned from the RaDonda Vaught case

Building a business case for asynchronous telehealth

Survey: Virtual Visits Have Their Benefits (and Distractions)

Use updated ICRA tool now to assess infection control on construction projects

Use updated ICRA tool now to assess infection control on construction projects

Tips for managing vendor relationships in healthcare

Resource/w tools selected

STET CMS & tools

OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

Chapter 2: Chapter Format and Tracer Planning