As hospitals automate more of their security infrastructure to offset staffing shortages and rising risks, the real challenge is no longer whether to automate, but how to do it without introducing blind spots.
From supplies to policies and procedures to physician credentials, a hospital emergency preparedness checklist is a guide that ensures hospitals can maintain/resume essential services during a disaster or emergency.
The mechanics of survey readiness—policies, committees, documentation, and compliance artifacts—remain necessary. However, they are no longer sufficient on their own to demonstrate quality in a healthcare environment increasingly shaped by outcomes transparency, employer scrutiny, and value-...
It’s no secret that one of the major threats to laboratory safety is the chemicals used within them. Yet, failure to properly store chemicals is one of the top citations in laboratory inspections.
As accreditation and quality leaders look toward a strong and sustainable 2026, the pressure points are operational. The challenge now is how deliberately leaders respond to them.
If you’re serious about improving lab safety in 2026, the new year isn’t about shiny resolutions or rewrites to policies that no one reads. It’s about focus, prioritization, and solutions that actually work in the real world of specimen backlogs, staffing shortages, and alarms that never seem to...
Informed consent is the process of informing a patient about the risks of, and alternatives to, a specific procedure. When done properly, the process can help set a patient’s expectations to a manageable and realistic level and help them decide if the procedure is worth the risk by educating the...
