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As pandemic drags on, NAHQ and ASHE conferences go virtual

August 04, 2020

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

More than four months into the COVID-19 lockdown, we’re seeing some states gradually open up and others frantically put restrictions back in place because of new surges in coronavirus cases. Meanwhile...

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Public Health Emergency is Extended: Blanket Waivers Continue for Now

February 18, 2026

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

Now that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has again renewed the official declaration of a public health emergency (PHE) related to the 2019 novel coronavirus, hospitals and other pr...

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CMS, CDC Create Provider Payment for COVID-19 Counseling

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Infection Control

Physicians and other healthcare providers will now be paid to counsel patients about the importance of self-isolation after testing for COVID-19, even before test results are known, the Centers for Me...

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Will TJC get tougher? CMS okays AO status but outlines concerns

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Expect The Joint Commission (TJC) to get tougher on some areas of survey, particularly with the physical environment and off-campus facilities, and to change the level of detail in its daily briefing ...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, August 2020

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

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Mac's Safety Space

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Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any stranger…

August 03, 2020

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

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant But first (as promised), a word about fire drills (there will be more, maybe next week, depends on what comes flying over the transom…): About a month...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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How to update your restraint and seclusion policy

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, CADC, ICRC, a national behavioral health consultant with years of experience in hospital settings and now the director of evidence-based practices and programs for W...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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TJC spilling too many beans? CMS thinks so

July 27, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Think the results of your last Joint Commission survey were hard to understand? If CMS has their way, it may get murkier. ...

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Yes, I know I said fire drills, but…

July 27, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Please feel free to accuse me of “dogging it,” but since I am on vacation this week and you all probably need something of a vacation from me, here’s ...

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HHS Presses Hospitals to Use New COVID-19 Data Reporting Modules

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network COVID-19 module will no longer be an option for daily reporting, effective July 15, the Department of Health and Human...

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As pandemic drags on, NAHQ and ASHE conferences go virtual

Public Health Emergency is Extended: Blanket Waivers Continue for Now

CMS, CDC Create Provider Payment for COVID-19 Counseling

Will TJC get tougher? CMS okays AO status but outlines concerns

Inside Accreditation and Quality, August 2020

Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any stranger…

How to update your restraint and seclusion policy

TJC spilling too many beans? CMS thinks so

Yes, I know I said fire drills, but…

HHS Presses Hospitals to Use New COVID-19 Data Reporting Modules

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