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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Worker wellness: Stress reduction and mental health

December 16, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the U.S. healthcare system in ways not seen in modern times, as floods of patients have overwhelmed hospitals and healthcare facilities. As usual, healthcare worker...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Researcher: Coronavirus Pandemic Increases Risk of Physician Suicide

December 16, 2025

Workplace safety, Behavioral & Mental Health, Infection Control

The April 26 suicide death of a New York emergency room physician appears to be related to the pandemic, according to the New York Times. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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When you get to the end, you get to start all over again…

April 28, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I know you folks have (more or less) been under a constant bombardment of facts, figures, strategies, etc., relating to COVID-19 and, as every day bri...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Top 10 patient safety concerns for 2020

December 16, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

While all the headlines have been (justifiably) about the 2019 novel coronavirus, healthcare providers must keep in mind that it isn’t the sole danger to patients. Missed diagnoses, maternal health co...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Risk management and the transgender hospital admission

December 16, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

How should hospital admissions of transgender persons—which we readily acknowledge is an imprecise umbrella term—be addressed to ensure fair and equal treatment, respect patient autonomy, and provide ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Joint Commission portal addresses nurse burnout

December 16, 2025

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...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Guest column: Review new NPSG for critical access hospitals

December 16, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

This article reviews the importance of NPSG.15.01.01, element of performance (EP) 1, which has two separate sections with a very important difference. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Suicide NPSG now applies to critical access hospitals

December 16, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

Critical access hospitals (CAH) accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) will be expected to implement National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) standard NPSG.15.01.01 starting July 1, 2020. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both

December 17, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newest engineering director, Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, told hospital leadership that life safety (LS) trumps ligature risk. But be prepared to not have a choice. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Suicide prevention NPSG now applies to Critical Access Hospitals

December 16, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The accreditor noted concerns about the very high rate of suicides in rural communities that critical access hospitals serve. ...

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Worker wellness: Stress reduction and mental health

Researcher: Coronavirus Pandemic Increases Risk of Physician Suicide

When you get to the end, you get to start all over again…

Top 10 patient safety concerns for 2020

Risk management and the transgender hospital admission

Joint Commission portal addresses nurse burnout

Guest column: Review new NPSG for critical access hospitals

Suicide NPSG now applies to critical access hospitals

Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both

Suicide prevention NPSG now applies to Critical Access Hospitals

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