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Book excerpt: Survey Coordinator’s handbook —The Introduction of Criticality

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Sometimes as you get ready for survey, you just need a review of the basics. In the following excerpt from HCPro’s Survey Coordinator’s Handbook, 21st Edition, we offer you an introduction to the con...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers don’t conflict with those requirements

May 11, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Be sure to review any federal 1135 blanket waivers against your state's requirements to make sure you've met compliance expectations. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Take me to your leaders

May 17, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I believe that we’ll be able to wrap up the emergency management stuff next week—though I have one or two ideas percolating that I might move to the f...

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Review new CMS vaccines rule: It may soon apply to more facilities

May 11, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS pre-published an interim final rule today that sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities, and is seeking comment to expand the rules to other types of providers. ...

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CMS’ notice on Joint Commission surveys could be eye-opener for MSPs

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In the Federal Register last summer, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made a significant move that impacts Joint Commission surveys. On July 17, 2020, in Volume 85, Number 138...

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Risk assessments: Don’t leave home without one!

May 04, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant An interesting phenomenon I’ve been encountering of late relates to the whole notion of having to do environmental risk assessments in locations that ...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, May 2021

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

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Yes, you must open doors to unvaccinated surveyors

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

In case you missed it, here’s a roundup of breaking news from the Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center since Inside Accreditation & Quality was last published. by A.J. Plunkett (aplunk...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Taking aim at sepsis: Targeted solutions tool

February 17, 2026

Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

The Center has been working on sepsis care improvement since 2012. To that end, it’s created a Reducing Sepsis Mortality Targeted Solutions Tool (TST) that makes customized recommendations for healthc...

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TJC adds IM standard to address CMS rule on e-notification

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities

Update policies and check with your information technology (IT) team to ensure you are meeting CMS requirements for electronic medical record (EMR) interoperability that were outlined in two final rul...

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Book excerpt: Survey Coordinator’s handbook —The Introduction of Criticality

Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers don’t conflict with those requirements

Take me to your leaders

Review new CMS vaccines rule: It may soon apply to more facilities

CMS’ notice on Joint Commission surveys could be eye-opener for MSPs

Risk assessments: Don’t leave home without one!

Inside Accreditation and Quality, May 2021

Yes, you must open doors to unvaccinated surveyors

Taking aim at sepsis: Targeted solutions tool

TJC adds IM standard to address CMS rule on e-notification

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