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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Burned out or under the influence? What to do about impaired medical staff

February 18, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: By the time the general public hears about an impaired clinician, whether it’s a nurse, technician, or physician, it’s usually after something bad has already happened. The infamous cas...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Holding hospitals for ransom; The WannaCry virus and the lack of cybersecurity in hospitals

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Over the course of one weekend in May, more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries were held hostage by a ransomware virus called “WannaCry.” The virus locked down computer systems and forced hospita...

A Practical Approach to Achieving Patient- and Family-Centered Care - On-Demand

Mon, 05/22/2017 - 01:00 - - Accreditation & Survey Preparation

2017 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 11:36 - - Environment and Facilities

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Infusion errors, instrument cleaning lead ECRI list of top tech hazards

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Editor’s note: The ECRI Institute published its annual list of the top 10 health technology hazards for the industry. Readers will note that several of the top hazards in 2017 are the same as those in...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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What you need to know about ILSMs in 2017

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

he Joint Commission announced it was changing its interim life safety measure (ILSM) evaluation process back in November 2016. From now on, the accreditor stated, when a surveyor identifies a Requirem...

Emergency Department Patient Tracer

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:00 - - Patient Safety

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Q&A: The importance of oral care

February 18, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety

In January, Trina Crow, RN, MJ, associate project director at The Joint Commission, wrote in a blog post that long-term care facilities need to pursue oral care policies more intently. While neither T...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Opioids: What do healthcare professionals want and need to know?

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

Editor’s note: The following is article first appeared in the April 2016 edition of PSQH, and was written by members of the National Patient Safety Foundation. Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS is chi...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, February/March 2017

February 18, 2026

Patient Safety

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Burned out or under the influence? What to do about impaired medical staff

Holding hospitals for ransom; The WannaCry virus and the lack of cybersecurity in hospitals

A Practical Approach to Achieving Patient- and Family-Centered Care - On-Demand

2017 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards

Infusion errors, instrument cleaning lead ECRI list of top tech hazards

What you need to know about ILSMs in 2017

Emergency Department Patient Tracer

Q&A: The importance of oral care

Opioids: What do healthcare professionals want and need to know?

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, February/March 2017

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