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Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

December 10, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of the 2012 versions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code® (LSC) an...

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Use checklist to help staff clear areas to protect at-risk patients

December 16, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Ligature risk tops the list of problems cited by TJC surveyors under one of the most frequently cited standards, EC.02.06.01. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Arming PCPs to screen and intervene on behavioral health

November 05, 2019

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Research shows many healthcare professionals unprepared for conducting screening and brief interventions ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Who remembers pop-o-matic Trouble?

October 21, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In something of a variation on another bloggy evergreen, I ask the rhetorical question: To what, if any, extent have you included consideration of bo...

Mac's Safety Space

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Wanna buy a watch? How about a patient watch?

September 30, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant It’s been a while (OK, more than a while: It would seem it’s been something more than a decade. My, how time flies!) since we’ve discussed the matter ...

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Expect renewed focus on post-discharge suicides with new SE categories

September 17, 2019

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Expect even more focus on how hospitals help patients at risk of suicide soon after discharge, now that two suicide-related categories have been shown to make up the top five sentinel events for the f...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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New Sentinel Event categories focus on Post-Discharge Suicides

December 16, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

While suicide overall often has been in the top sentinel events, this breakdown includes two categories that split suicide events into those involving an inpatient and events involving a patient withi...

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Think carefully before using security officers to monitor high-risk patients

December 16, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Policies and Procedures

Probably the best practice, however, is not to use them at all. ...

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Use these strategies to reduce conflict and violence in your hospital

December 16, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Have staff employ these tips and strategies when interacting with patients to decrease tensions and improve patient care. ...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, August 2019

December 16, 2025

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

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Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

Use checklist to help staff clear areas to protect at-risk patients

Arming PCPs to screen and intervene on behavioral health

Who remembers pop-o-matic Trouble?

Wanna buy a watch? How about a patient watch?

Expect renewed focus on post-discharge suicides with new SE categories

New Sentinel Event categories focus on Post-Discharge Suicides

Think carefully before using security officers to monitor high-risk patients

Use these strategies to reduce conflict and violence in your hospital

Inside Accreditation and Quality, August 2019

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