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Mortality data supports placing seriously ill coronavirus patients on ECMO

October 20, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 43
COVID-19, Patient Safety

Seriously ill coronavirus patients placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation life support have a similar mortality rate as other patients...Read More »

The Joint Commission: The optimal and safe use of telemedicine

October 19, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 43
Accreditation, Joint Commission, Telemedicine

On October 7, The Joint Commission (TJC) released a new Quick Safety alert on ...Read More »

Coronavirus can be spread through airborne transmission

October 13, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 42
COVID-19, Infection Control

Coronavirus droplets and particles “can linger in the air for minutes to hours,” said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in...Read More »

Q&A: Exits, slips, pipes, and evacuations in the snow

October 13, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 11
Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Staff safety

Winter snow, ice, and cold should be a few weeks away—but it’s 2020, so we shouldn’t take anything for granted. Regardless, hospitals and...Read More »

Use HFAP quality review to prepare for survey, future challenges

October 13, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 11
Accreditation, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisionhealth.com)

A pandemic caused by a...Read More »

IHI rolls out new national action plan for patient safety

October 13, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 11
Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

With the goal of eliminating preventable medical harm, a new National Action Plan was released in mid-September  by the ...Read More »

Expert shares strategies to address bullying and incivility in healthcare

October 13, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 42
Burnout, Leadership, Staff safety

Bullying and incivility are rampant in healthcare organizations. A ...Read More »

Get ready for a new TJC water management standard

October 7, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 42
Environment and Facilities, Joint Commission

The Joint Commission seeks comment on proposed new water management requirements.Read More »

New 4-Part Plan Proposed to Boost Clinician Wellness, Address Burnout

October 6, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 41
Burnout, Staff safety

Burnout is one of the top challenges facing clinicians and other healthcare workers nationwide. In a ...Read More »

Healthcare under fire: Treating patients during the 2020 wildfires

October 5, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 11
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures

As of this September, 2020 has already been declared the ...Read More »

Take action: Use self-assessment, resource guide to take hard look at patient harm

October 5, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 11
Accreditation, Leadership, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Review the latest patient safety road map with your accreditation managers, C-suite, and governing board because they may be asked about it during...Read More »

5 AMA Resources to Promote Physician Wellbeing

October 5, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 41
Burnout, COVID-19, Staff safety

“While it is always important to focus on physician mental health, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges and...Read More »

HHS Releases Update on Ryuk Ransomware Threat

October 5, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 41
Emergency Management, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response has issued ...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2020

October 5, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 10
Accreditation, Patient Safety

Download this month's full IAQ newsletter PDFRead More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, October 2020

October 5, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 10
Patient Safety

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletter Read More »

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