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Can you show me your EID? Do you know why I pulled you over?

January 10, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Surging Deltas! Spiking Omicrons! Holy Infection Control, Batman! Eventually, there may be time to start planning for whatever disease process(es) ...

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OSHA withdraws non-recordkeeping parts of first COVID-19 rule, at least for now

January 05, 2022

Workplace safety, Infection Control

OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) that was designed to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure is on hiatus, but keep meeting its requirements to avoid citations under other standard...

Medical Environment Update

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Setting a smart-growth approach to telehealth in motion: Three insights

February 13, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology

In 2020, telehealth investments focused on speed, not strategy, as healthcare providers and payers rushed to meet the need for virtual care during the pandemic. Now, a recent Amwell/HIMSS survey shows...

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Tips for running successful fire drills

February 13, 2026

Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology

Someone’s always checking for compliance when it comes to fire safety, especially in healthcare facilities. Naturally, that includes several regulatory agencies: CMS, The Joint Commission (TJC), Depar...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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How will you flush your toilets if you lose water for an extended period?

February 13, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control

Plan now for how you are going to flush toilets if you lose water for several hours or even days, or you might find yourself and your staff having to deal with toilet paper disposal by hand. During...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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High turnover and low reliability: A self-destructive cycle

February 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

As the COVID-19 pandemic rolls into its third year, many healthcare workers have had enough. Long hours, crushing workloads, and cultural tensions about vaccines and the virus have accelerated the num...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Governing boards, physical environment among concerns CMS reports to Congress

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment

In 2022, CMS plans to restart its pilot project to improve validation surveys but is likely to continue pressure on accrediting organizations (AO) to be more vigilant in finding deficiencies in physic...

Mac's Safety Space

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How many bad report cards before you have to give up your phone…up, up & away!

January 04, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In what has become one of the constants of the final quarter of the calendar year, our friends at CMS once again take aim at the disparities between t...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Delayed care linked to increase in NJ excess deaths during pandemic, report says

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors, Infection Control

Delayed or deferred care likely contributed to excess deaths in New Jersey during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, a recent report from the New Jersey Hospital Association’s Center for Heal...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Primary care sidelined in coronavirus pandemic response, study says

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Infection Control

During the coronavirus pandemic, the failure to elevate the role of primary care providers on the frontline alongside public health officials has resulted in several missed opportunities to respond to...

Can you show me your EID? Do you know why I pulled you over?

OSHA withdraws non-recordkeeping parts of first COVID-19 rule, at least for now

Setting a smart-growth approach to telehealth in motion: Three insights

Tips for running successful fire drills

How will you flush your toilets if you lose water for an extended period?

High turnover and low reliability: A self-destructive cycle

Governing boards, physical environment among concerns CMS reports to Congress

How many bad report cards before you have to give up your phone…up, up & away!

Delayed care linked to increase in NJ excess deaths during pandemic, report says

Primary care sidelined in coronavirus pandemic response, study says

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