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HFAP looks at co-location, with an overview of expectations

November 12, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Partnering with other providers through a co-location arrangement can help enhance the quality and continuity of care and improve overall efficiency. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Dance on a volcano: Keeping tabs on those that keep tabs on us…

November 05, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we’ve discussed in the past, the world in which we exist—and the stories and challenges contained therein—is never ending. And the subtext of that ...

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AHA suggests changes to SOM draft language on co-location of hospitals

November 05, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Comments provided to CMS by the American Hospital Association (AHA) highlights the chief concerns its members had with the draft guidelines. ...

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Coordinate with co-located HCOs as CMS finalizes new guidelines

November 05, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Expect CMS and other accrediting organizations to be looking at how you ensure hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP) are met in your shared areas. ...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, November 2019

November 04, 2019

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

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AQCC Satisfaction Survey

October 29, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Take our short survey and tell us what you think of the site and how to improve it! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YG6RBGV ...

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TJC to retire BoosterPaks and Leading Practice Library

February 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

On October 28, The Joint Commission will retire it's Standards BoosterPaks resources. On December 31, the Leading Practice Library will be retired too. ...

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Feds to investigate hospital alleged to have kept vegetative patient alive to game transplant survival rates

February 19, 2026

Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

"I'm not sure that this is ethical, moral or right," said the transplant director, but it's "for the global good of the future transplant recipients." ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Zero harm study

October 15, 2019

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

Anne Marie Benedicto, MPP, MPH, vice president of The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, speaks about the Center’s first-ever broad-based study on zero harm and what they’ve learned ...

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OSHA, TJC say where staff eat and drink is up to the employer

October 15, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Banning all food and drink at nurse or other workstations is sometimes seen as an all-or-nothing issue—one that can pit staff against supervisors, and surveyors against compliance officers who see bot...

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HFAP looks at co-location, with an overview of expectations

Dance on a volcano: Keeping tabs on those that keep tabs on us…

AHA suggests changes to SOM draft language on co-location of hospitals

Coordinate with co-located HCOs as CMS finalizes new guidelines

Inside Accreditation and Quality, November 2019

AQCC Satisfaction Survey

TJC to retire BoosterPaks and Leading Practice Library

Feds to investigate hospital alleged to have kept vegetative patient alive to game transplant survival rates

Q&A: Zero harm study

OSHA, TJC say where staff eat and drink is up to the employer

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