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Cybersecurity threats are real and affect all healthcare teams

April 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

These threats are everyone’s game, and that means anyone in charge of life safety and healthcare security from a physical and technical perspective can be affected. And government regulators are takin...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Blood pressure device maintenance, with or without manufacturer instructions

April 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The most ubiquitous tools in healthcare include blood pressure cuffs (BPC) and other blood pressure (BP) measuring devices, and their importance can’t be overstated. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Discuss any revisions to masking policies with your staff, IC experts

September 30, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The CDC recently revised its guidance on COVID-19 universal masking, but consult with your staff and infection control experts before making changes to your organization policies. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Executive Briefing: Don’t just repair damage, ask why it happened

October 04, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

TJC is increasing its number of LS surveyors and they are all being trained that nothing can hang from or even touch sprinkler pipes unless it is part of the fire suppression system itself, warned Her...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Executive Briefing: TJC working on making surveys less burdensome, more on time

October 04, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission (TJC) is training new life safety surveyors as fast as it can, wants to trim accreditation requirements that increase burden unnecessarily, and hopes to be caught up on surveys by...

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TJC tweaks EC and LS standards, adds specifics to some requirements

September 23, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

Review your Environment of Care (EC) and Life Safety (LS) policies and procedures now that The Joint Commission has issued another round of revisions, prepublished September 21 with an effective date ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Putting TJC workplace violence prevention training updates into practice

April 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

This month, we continue our review of The Joint Commission’s new and revised workplace violence (WPV) prevention requirements effective January 1, 2022. The Joint Commission issued three new elements ...

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Problematic physicians are coming, and they need thorough credentialing vetting

September 27, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

Credentialing teams face the prospect of more and more problematic physicians applying for jobs. How can these teams do their part to ensure an acceptable level of care that ultimately protects patien...

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Executive Briefing: TJC to trim requirements starting January 1, 2023

September 14, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

There will be fewer requirements for accreditation from The Joint Commission (TJC) in the near future. The commission is conducting what new TJC president and CEO Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, MA...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Be prepared to get down on hands and knees to spot common EC problems

September 20, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission (TJC) is still catching up on the surveys backlogged during the COVID-19 pandemic—but they are catching up. As you get ready, be prepared to get down on hands and knees to double-...

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Cybersecurity threats are real and affect all healthcare teams

Blood pressure device maintenance, with or without manufacturer instructions

Discuss any revisions to masking policies with your staff, IC experts

Executive Briefing: Don’t just repair damage, ask why it happened

Executive Briefing: TJC working on making surveys less burdensome, more on time

TJC tweaks EC and LS standards, adds specifics to some requirements

Putting TJC workplace violence prevention training updates into practice

Problematic physicians are coming, and they need thorough credentialing vetting

Executive Briefing: TJC to trim requirements starting January 1, 2023

Be prepared to get down on hands and knees to spot common EC problems

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