As I write this, it is the anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and I think you could make the case that the need for hospitals and other healthcare facilities to prioritize protections from active shooters has not diminished over time.
Concerns relating to violence in the healthcare workplace has been with us a long time (was there ever a time when it wasn’t somewhere in the mix? I tend to think not).
When standards have been realigned in the past, certain “requirements” were dropped off, but some of those things never really went away, mostly because, while not requirements, those things were essential to an effectively managed program.
The other day, I fielded a question regarding the use of plug-in air fresheners and what regulatory-based prohibitions/allowances might be entertained in determining how best to manage these devices at the facility level. This is one of those funky subjects that kind of folds back on itself in a...
While I try not to belabor any particular thought or consideration, sometimes what I write about each week is a function of what I’ve encountered (read, seen, etc.) during the...
I think we all know that rounding as it might have once been required in the past (from a regulatory perspective) is a way to monitor conditions in the environment. Is it a good way? Is it the only way?
This should be a relatively quick news item that will impact organizations being surveyed by our friends in Chicago starting January 1, 2023. So, starting with the new year (as announced in the November issue of Perspectives), there will be a “quick” (I guess I already used that, but...
We are constantly bombarded with interpretations of code and regulation that are oftentimes extrapolations on very basic principles. Certainly, one of the cornerstones of the discussions we’ve had over the years is the sense that, when it comes to compliance, there are no magic bullets, one-size...
