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Four ways you haven’t thought about using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic

December 31, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has finally come of age. Like a lonely teenager who once struggled to make connections with a broader network of friends and was bound by strict p...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Waiting room safety: Infection, furniture, and power outlets

April 14, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

A patient walks into your waiting room with a cough, a mild fever, and shortness of breath. Your waiting room is crowded, so she sits down next to other visitors. She left her phone in the car, so she...

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Accrediting organizations suspend most survey activities to focus on COVID-19

December 31, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

If you are expecting a survey from your accreditation organization (AO) in the upcoming weeks and months, check in with your liaison. All four hospital AOs have suspending most or all survey activitie...

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Continue to secure supplies as long as national crisis evolves

December 31, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Keeping supplies in-house may continue to be a security problem as long as COVID-19 grips the nation. Not only are hospitals grappling with trying to find N95 medical masks and other personal prote...

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Keep track of latest guidance, other information to stay ready

December 31, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

As you’ve already witnessed, information during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic comes rapidly and keeps changing. As policies get written and rewritten, ensure that you have the latest guida...

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Pandemic dominates preparedness as hospitals ready for surge

December 31, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Many hospitals and other facilities have been dealing with an overflow of patients since March, while other have been preparing for an immediate future of uncertainty and fear as the virus spreads. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS suspends restrictions on care venues as providers tackle COVID-19 surges

December 31, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Cybersecurity & Technology

The sweeping "Hospitals Without Walls" initiative take effect immediately and allows hospitals to bill Medicare for services in unconventional settings. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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COVID-19: First Responders Must Be Notified of Coronavirus Exposure

December 31, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Healthcare facilities and public health officials now must inform emergency responders when they have been exposed to the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. ...

OIG report: Survival strategies by hospitals in the COVID-19 trenches

April 06, 2020

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Appendix A, is reprinted from “Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a National Pulse Survey March 23–27, 2020,” by the HHS Office of Inspector General, released Monday,...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2020

December 31, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control, Workplace safety

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Four ways you haven’t thought about using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic

Waiting room safety: Infection, furniture, and power outlets

Accrediting organizations suspend most survey activities to focus on COVID-19

Continue to secure supplies as long as national crisis evolves

Keep track of latest guidance, other information to stay ready

Pandemic dominates preparedness as hospitals ready for surge

CMS suspends restrictions on care venues as providers tackle COVID-19 surges

COVID-19: First Responders Must Be Notified of Coronavirus Exposure

OIG report: Survival strategies by hospitals in the COVID-19 trenches

Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2020

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