It seems to me that I’ve been looking at a lot of survey findings lately and there appears to be a strong undercurrent of findings that might or might not represent actual deficiencies in the physical environment.
There was a subsection of hospitals surveyed in 2023 that struggled with the notion of a continuity of operations plan (COOP), which, if I’m honest, kind of puzzles me. My sense is that without a fairly effective COOP (whether you call it that or not), an organization would have had a very...
Natural disasters are not going away any time soon—and the days of practicing casualty events and unscheduled utility disruptions as standalone events are probably gone forever.
I’m penning this as I look out the window at Logan International Airport in Boston and take in the efforts to keep the runways clear enough for takeoffs and landings—I don’t know how the pilots feel, but I think they’re doing a pretty good job.
According to the CDC’s November 21, 2024, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), vaccination rates among nursing home and long-term care residents are low.
While there are certainly many prognosticators in the media that are not held accountable for missteps, for those charged with providing a safe and secure environment, there’s not a lot of wiggle room when it comes to identifying protective measures that will keep things running smoothly.
One of the truisms of the compliance biz is that it is very difficult to argue your way out of a finding if that finding is the result of your organization failing to comply with its own policy/practice.
In one of those bizarre moments, I was looking at this week’s missive from the good folks at ASHE when I espied the following headline: “Window closing to comply with CMS sprinkler requirement.” My first thought was, what does closing a window have to do with CMS and sprinkler requirements?
To frame the conversation, the state of New Jersey is in the process of implementing one of the (if not the) most comprehensive regulatory requirements relative to the management of water as a function of waterborne illnesses. Certainly, the folks in healthcare are already managing these risks,...
Anyone who’s followed this Space for any length of time knows I am rather fond of the twists and turns of language, but only when those twists and turns reflect a fair degree of precision. Those twists and turns come to a screeching halt in the face of words that are treated as synonyms, and the...
