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Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
30
Issue
1

All hazards planning: What to do when the earth shakes and water fails

February 12, 2026
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures
A key element of an emergency preparedness plan is assessing how the staff and facility handled the disaster at hand and what lessons were learned for the next event. In July 2019, after three eart...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
32
Issue
1

Asking the wrong safety questions

February 12, 2026
Laboratory Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety
Many years ago, I was hired to perform a safety audit for a laboratory. As I walked through one department, an employee asked what I was doing. When I remarked that I was looking for safety issues to ...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
15
Issue
46

Improving remote monitoring to care for isolated seniors

February 12, 2026
Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology
According to a new study from JAMA Internal Medicine, an estimated 4.2 million adults over 70 were homebound in 2020. This number was twice what it was in 2019, impacted by the pandemic and the aging ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
22
Issue
12

Say no to manual lifting: Lifting a patient without equipment always leads to injury

February 12, 2026
Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety, Cybersecurity & Technology
For years, the medical community has known that manual lifting of patients can lead to work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) from repeated and improper lifting of heavy objects (like human b...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
15
Issue
43

Huddles, Handoffs, and Heedfulness are Key to Preventing Harm to Patients

February 12, 2026
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
The most effective tool for patient safety? Frequent and thorough communication throughout each shift, says Andrea Truex, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer of Englewood (Florida) Community Hospital, whic...
Inside Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
3
Issue
11

Prep for stroke certification with data, assessment of current services

February 12, 2026
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
If your hospital is interested in becoming certified in specialty stroke care or expanding its existing certification, start by assessing the care you already provide to determine how much—or how litt...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
15
Issue
42

Mitigate patient safety risks posed by the ‘imaging squeeze’

February 12, 2026
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures
Radiology is an essential component of modern medicine. It plays an integral role in the prevention, detection, and diagnosis of disease, as well as in treatment delivery and patient care. Moreover, i...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
15
Issue
42

Three characteristics of a good clinical decision support tool

February 12, 2026
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
An effective clinical decision support tool is available at the point of care, is as current as possible, and is accurate, a chief medical information officer says. Medical knowledge advances rapid...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
15
Issue
39

Cleveland Clinic promotes coaching culture for physicians

February 12, 2026
Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
Cleveland Clinic has robust coaching programs for the Cleveland-based health system’s physicians. Coaching programs can help health systems address physician wellbeing and retention. The coaching p...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
15
Issue
36

I-PASS reaches major milestones

February 12, 2026
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety, Quality & Errors
Handoff process marks five years of success Failures in communication frequently prompt medical errors, which make up one of the leading causes of death in the United States, behind heart dise...

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