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Inside Accreditation and Quality, September 2020

February 18, 2026

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

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Mac's Safety Space

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If you’re the AHJ, it really isn’t an “interpretation,” is it?

August 31, 2020

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

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I’m sure we all have stories about Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) whose “sense” of what is required by code was less operationally friendly tha...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Use of force in healthcare

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

As the nation continues to discuss use of force by law enforcement, healthcare organizations must have their own discussions on how force is applied on their grounds. There are no simple solutions for...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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FGI seeks public comment on 2022 update to Guidelines for Design and Construction

February 18, 2026

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

The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) is asking for public comment through September on the 2022 update to the FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction, which “provide minimum standards for design...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Sentinel events for 2020 pandemic year drop slightly

August 13, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The number of sentinel events reviewed by The Joint Commission (TJC) in the first half of this pandemic-dominated year are well under the pace for last year. But that’s probably not unexpected given t...

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Risk reduction strategies for continuous readiness: The tracer

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Always being ready for survey can be one of the greatest challenges, but there are tools. In the following excerpt from HCPro’s recently published Survey Coordinator’s Handbook, 21st Edition, we offer...

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What deficiencies would you cite and why? And how would you correct them?

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

You be the surveyor. The following information was taken from a CMS Form-2567 “Statement of Deficiencies” posted online by the federal agency under its Quality, Certification and Oversight Reports ...

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CMS clarifies some concerns about longtime accreditor

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Given The Joint Commission’s (TJC) more than 60-year presence in hospital accreditation, Inside Accreditation and Quality went to CMS for some clarification on its concerns that led to only a two-year...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Notice outlines CMS differences with TJC requirements

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

In an announcement that The Joint Commission (TJC) has been approved for two years as a Medicare accrediting organization (AO), CMS outlines what it sees as the differences between TJC standards and i...

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Understanding the new Joint Commission requirements for maternal patient safety

July 30, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

The steadily climbing maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has (appropriately) attracted a great deal of media attention over the last few years. Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, September 2020

If you’re the AHJ, it really isn’t an “interpretation,” is it?

Use of force in healthcare

FGI seeks public comment on 2022 update to Guidelines for Design and Construction

Sentinel events for 2020 pandemic year drop slightly

Risk reduction strategies for continuous readiness: The tracer

What deficiencies would you cite and why? And how would you correct them?

CMS clarifies some concerns about longtime accreditor

Notice outlines CMS differences with TJC requirements

Understanding the new Joint Commission requirements for maternal patient safety

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