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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Missed messages: Update communication tools to reduce physician stress, improve patient outcomes

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Miscommunication is more than a problem in healthcare—it’s a massive patient risk that can cause real harm. A December 2021 report published in the Journal of Patient Safety identified communication f...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Urgent call made to improve patient safety

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Last week at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Patient Safety Congress in Dallas, the 27 members of the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety (NSC) issued the Declaration to Advance Pa...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Tackling credentialing and privileging challenges for low-volume APPs

May 31, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Various accreditors require you to measure the competency of an advanced practice practitioner (APP), such as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant, based on the work they’ve done recently at yo...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: What the Vaught case means for healthcare

February 11, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Health Equity, Workplace safety, Quality & Errors

Patient Safety Monitor Journal spoke with Kurt Patton, MS, RPh, pharmacist, founder of Patton Healthcare Consulting, and former director of accreditation services for The Joint Commission about the im...

Medical Environment Update

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OCR’s message is clear: Keep cybersecurity programs top of mind

February 11, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology, Quality & Errors

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in its March 2022 cybersecurity newsletter reported that throughout 2020 and 2021, hackers have targeted the healthcare industry seeking unauthorized access to valuab...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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New TJC FAQ addresses shortage in imaging contrast

May 17, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

TJC issues guidance on critical shortage in imaging contrast. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Psychological damage: IHI on criminalization of medical error

February 11, 2026

Health Equity, Quality & Errors

Update: On May 13, Vaught was sentenced to three years probation The tragedy of medical errors is twofold—that a caregiver unintentionally harms someone they were trying to help, and that the erro...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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RaDonda Vaught sentenced to 3-year probation for medication error death

February 11, 2026

Health Equity, Quality & Errors

RaDonda Vaught, the former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse who accidentally gave a patient a fatal dose of the wrong medicine, was sentenced to three years of supervised probation with no j...

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Leapfrog Group: 33% of U.S. hospitals earn “A” grade for patient safety

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The Leapfrog Group conducted an analysis of 2,844 U.S. hospitals, and one-third of the facilities earned an “A” grade for patient safety. Patient safety has been a pressing issue in healthcare sinc...

Peer Review After COVID

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Missed messages: Update communication tools to reduce physician stress, improve patient outcomes

Urgent call made to improve patient safety

Tackling credentialing and privileging challenges for low-volume APPs

Q&A: What the Vaught case means for healthcare

OCR’s message is clear: Keep cybersecurity programs top of mind

New TJC FAQ addresses shortage in imaging contrast

Psychological damage: IHI on criminalization of medical error

RaDonda Vaught sentenced to 3-year probation for medication error death

Leapfrog Group: 33% of U.S. hospitals earn “A” grade for patient safety

Peer Review After COVID

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