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Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
20
Issue
12

Kill complexity, save lives

November 19, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
“When you start requiring silly things, and we think it’s silly and doesn’t make clinical sense, it’s not sustainable. And a process that’s not sustainable is an unsafe process.” ...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
13
Issue
48

What's really driving 30-day readmission declines?

February 13, 2026
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation
A Harvard study offers an alternative explanation for declines in hospital readmissions. ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
20
Issue
12

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 ...
Inside Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
1
Issue
11

OSHA announces two new protocols for respirator fit testing

October 29, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Policies and Procedures
On September 26, OSHA added two new protocols for ensuring employees’ respirators fit properly. ...
Inside Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
1
Issue
11

Healthcare system cuts patient harm events 75% by targeting 5 factors

October 29, 2019
Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
To reduce patient harm, BJC HealthCare focused on pressure ulcers, adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, falls, and venous thromboembolisms. ...
Inside Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
1
Issue
11

When is a doctor too old? Finding new roles for aging clinicians

February 13, 2026
Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
It turns out the doctor doesn’t always know best—at least not when it comes time to hang up the scalpel. ...
Inside Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
1
Issue
11

Avoid RFIs: Remind staff not to eat, drink around infectious materials

October 15, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures
That is one way to avoid an almost certain citation if those hard-at-work staffers or their refreshments are spotted by surveyors. ...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
13
Issue
43

Study: most healthcare workers ignore policy, work while ill

February 13, 2026
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures
A study published this week found that nearly 90% of long-term care facility staff members who had an acute respiratory illness during five months of surveillance continued to work while they were ill...
Inside Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
1
Issue
10

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

October 01, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety
Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter ...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
13
Issue
42

CMS posts new discharging rule; empowers patients

February 13, 2026
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures
A newly proposed rule by CMS would put into effect new discharge planning requirements that the agency says will give patients and their families access to in to information that will “help them to ma...

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