Hospitals adapting to The Joint Commission’s Accreditation 360 framework see changes that put greater pressure on organizations to demonstrate—with evidence—how operational decisions connect to patient safety.
Q: How should quality and accreditation leaders partner with IT and clinical leadership so that artificial intelligence (AI) supports compliance instead of creating new blind spots?
Hospitals need strong security measures, but they also need to create an environment where patients and visitors feel comfortable accessing care. Long lines, bottlenecks, and highly visible screening processes can create challenges for both operations and the overall experience.
Despite the lack of uniform standards, common MRI-related injuries such as projectile incidents and radiofrequency burns are well understood and often highly preventable.
In June, CMS issued a final rule designed to strengthen oversight of accrediting organizations (AO), reduce conflicts of interest, and create greater consistency between AO and state agency survey processes.
After deploying artificial intelligence (AI), patient safety teams must apply best practices for investigating adverse events, preserving evidence, monitoring performance, and preparing for greater scrutiny from regulators, surveyors, and malpractice attorneys.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing a $103,265 fee on H-1B petitions subject to the annual visa cap, marking the Trump administration’s second attempt to significantly increase the cost of employing foreign specialized workers in the U.S.
Patient falls are multifaceted, and a facility’s approach to fall prevention should reflect that. The patient’s fall risk score may indicate a high risk, but it doesn’t indicate whether the system is able to respond efficiently and effectively to that risk.
Workplace violence (WPV) prevention in healthcare cannot begin and end with counting serious incidents. Behaviors that signal a problem, such as threats and harassment, often appear long before an event occurs.
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise known as “Dan, the Lab Safety Man,” discusses OSHA’s position on formaldehyde exposure monitoring.
