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National emergency declared over COVID-19 coronavirus; 1135 waivers now in play

February 19, 2026

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

Hospitals and other healthcare organizations will soon have some regulatory relief and more resources following President Trump’s March 13 declaration of a national emergency due to the spread of the ...

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HHS releases final interoperability rules

February 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

"Americans will now have electronic access to their health information on their smartphone if they choose," said ONC National Coordinator Don Rucker, MD, during a White House media briefing this morni...

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Use these checklists to stay ahead of promised COVID-19 focus during surveys

March 05, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Download checklists provided by CMS and the CDC to review your infectious disease preparedness plans as CMS signals again that it expects hospitals and nursing homes, as well as other healthcare provi...

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BREAKING: (COVID-19) CMS says primary survey focus will be on infection control preparedness

February 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

CMS ordered its state and regional surveyors to suspend “non-emergency inspections across the country” to allow “inspectors to turn their focus on the most serious health and safety threats like infec...

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HHS Unveils Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden for Clinicians

March 01, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The federal government has released its long-awaited plan to reduce red tape and other administration snarls that create time-eating obstacles for doctors using health information technology. ...

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Verma Raps Accrediting Organizations’ ‘Glaring Conflict of Interest’

February 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma took a swipe at accrediting organizations on February 25, noting that when they accept consulting fees from the hospitals they gr...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, March 2020

February 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

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Becoming a High-Reliability Organization Through Shared Learning of Safety Events

February 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Nearly 20 years after the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report To Err Is Human, healthcare providers look to methodologies used in other high-reliability organizations for transferrable s...

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Joint Commission portal addresses nurse burnout

February 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff

In July 2019, the accreditation agency released Quick Safety Issue 50: Developing Resilience to Combat Nurse Burnout, published to help healthcare facilities with the process of personal protection fr...

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Value-Based Metrics Penalize Top-Performing Hospitals

February 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Hospitals that are recognized for high-quality cardiac care are also more likely to be penalized under value-based payment models, according to a new study in JAMA Cardiology. ...

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National emergency declared over COVID-19 coronavirus; 1135 waivers now in play

HHS releases final interoperability rules

Use these checklists to stay ahead of promised COVID-19 focus during surveys

BREAKING: (COVID-19) CMS says primary survey focus will be on infection control preparedness

HHS Unveils Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden for Clinicians

Verma Raps Accrediting Organizations’ ‘Glaring Conflict of Interest’

Inside Accreditation and Quality, March 2020

Becoming a High-Reliability Organization Through Shared Learning of Safety Events

Joint Commission portal addresses nurse burnout

Value-Based Metrics Penalize Top-Performing Hospitals

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