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Environment of care: TJC Executive Briefing overview looks at common problems

October 25, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment

The Joint Commission is training a lot of new Life Safety surveyors as it tries to catch up with the backlog and limit split surveys in which clinical surveyors may show up weeks before their LS colle...

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Well, ain’t that a fine how do you do?

October 24, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

This should be a relatively quick news item that will impact organizations being surveyed by our friends in Chicago starting January 1, 2023. So, starting with the new year (as announced in the Novemb...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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TJC exec offers tips, information about common survey miscues and myths

October 18, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities

Myths and mysteries about surveys and why some Joint Commission RFIs are more about the hospital's policies than about the actual requirements. ...

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Executive Briefing: Medication orders, crash carts, and food storage lead top clinical problems

October 18, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Check patient units to ensure breast milk and other patient foods are stored correctly, encourage staff to reach out to providers if medication orders are not clear, and check crash carts for expired ...

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Q&A: Getting prepared for a Life Safety Code survey

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Lance Woolf, MBA, CHSP, has many years’ experience as a Life Safety Code® (LSC) professional. Currently, he serves as director of engineering support at JLL. Prior to that, he had other LSC-related ro...

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Myth or mystery? TJC exec talks about common survey misconceptions

October 11, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission's director of Standards Interpretation addresses common myths about surveys and surveyors. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Incomplete worksite analyses and no leadership are top citations under new workplace violence prevention standards

October 11, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

Complete workplace violence (WPV) site analyses, designate a leader to oversee and report that work to the governing board, and ensure float staff are trained on your organization’s WPV prevention pol...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Best practices for educating the governing board on quality and patient safety

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

During the 2021 Executive Briefing session, Ana Pujols McKee, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer, chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for The Joint Commission (TJC) spok...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Governing board holds ultimate accountability for both patient safety and financial health

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

Develop an onboarding education program for new hospital governing board members that emphasizes each member’s responsibility to ensure safety and quality of care and services for patients. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Researcher: ‘The Levees Have Broken’ at emergency departments

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The new studies examine boarding of patients in emergency departments before they are moved to inpatient beds and patients who left without being seen (LWBS), the latter presumably because of ED crowd...

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Environment of care: TJC Executive Briefing overview looks at common problems

Well, ain’t that a fine how do you do?

TJC exec offers tips, information about common survey miscues and myths

Executive Briefing: Medication orders, crash carts, and food storage lead top clinical problems

Q&A: Getting prepared for a Life Safety Code survey

Myth or mystery? TJC exec talks about common survey misconceptions

Incomplete worksite analyses and no leadership are top citations under new workplace violence prevention standards

Best practices for educating the governing board on quality and patient safety

Governing board holds ultimate accountability for both patient safety and financial health

Researcher: ‘The Levees Have Broken’ at emergency departments

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