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Medical Environment Update

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Lab safety in seconds

February 11, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

I am often asked how somebody responsible for laboratory safety, yet with other duties to fulfill, can do the job well. Today’s labs have tight staffing, tight budgeting, and a score of regulatory dut...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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What makes a healthcare organization ‘Future Ready’?

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

A recent piece in Harvard Business Review discussed the concept of what makes an organization “future ready”: using the right technology and leadership to prepare for a quality future. Surprisingly, t...

Medical Environment Update

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Crafting an effective health message, Part 1: Applying lessons learned from HIV prevention

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Health Equity, Quality & Errors

It’s the 21st century, and the importance of communication cannot be understated. Crafting an effective message is key for so many patient safety and accreditation compliance challenges, whether it’s ...

Medical Environment Update

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Lessons learned from the RaDonda Vaught case

February 11, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Quality & Errors

When a medical error occurs, the investigation should start with why the mistake happened and examine the systems and processes before asking who made the mistake. While there does need to be accounta...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Three ways a coordinated approach can solve the nursing shortage

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff

Though COVID-19 narrowed the focus on the nursing shortage, other conditions have contributed to it far longer than the pandemic: a higher education system that is training too few nurses; workforce c...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Nurse staffing think tank develops toolkit to address staffing crisis

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Actionable and immediate strategies for staffing in acute and critical care practice have been unveiled by a specially formed think tank to address the nurse staffing crisis. The Nurse Staffing Thi...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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DNV Healthcare announces top management change

April 29, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance

DNV Healthcare President Patrick Horine is leaving the company in May and will be replaced by the director of operations, Kelly Proctor. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Health Equity, Workplace safety

Ask any healthcare executive to name the biggest issue that will demand their attention in 2022, and the response will be staffing shortages and their impact on patient safety. Those focused on improv...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Overwhelming hardship wrought by the pandemic created 'moral distress' in frontline nurses

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Infection Control

Nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic suffered overwhelmingly from "moral distress," says a new study from researchers at DePaul University’s School of Nursing in Chicago. The study's pur...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Why nurses are raging and quitting after the RaDonda Vaught verdict

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Emma Moore felt cornered. At a community health clinic in Portland, Oregon, the 29-year-old nurse practitioner said she felt overwhelmed and undertrained. Coronavirus patients flooded the clinic for t...

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Lab safety in seconds

What makes a healthcare organization ‘Future Ready’?

Crafting an effective health message, Part 1: Applying lessons learned from HIV prevention

Lessons learned from the RaDonda Vaught case

Three ways a coordinated approach can solve the nursing shortage

Nurse staffing think tank develops toolkit to address staffing crisis

DNV Healthcare announces top management change

Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

Overwhelming hardship wrought by the pandemic created 'moral distress' in frontline nurses

Why nurses are raging and quitting after the RaDonda Vaught verdict

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