If COVID-19 cases are rising in your area again and you’re seeking a fresh look at your pandemic response plan, download the free patient surge preparedness checklist by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
IHI also has just released a set of recommendations titled “ ‘...
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted workforce shortages at health systems and hospitals across the country. On Sept. 1, the American Nurses Association ...
Check your emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and anywhere else where pandemic-related equipment shortages have forced your facility to go outside normal supply lines for replacement medical devices. You could be saving yourself an immediate threat to health and safety (ITHS) citing by The...
With the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19, mask and vaccine mandates are coming back, and hospitals are reaching or exceeding capacity in some regions. That may mean higher demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) and a new rise of fraudulent or black market N95 masks and other...
Look for an interim final rule in October that will require “staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities” to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a ...
Hospitals, clinical laboratories, and ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) accredited by HFAP showed improvements in 2020. Fewer organizations faced repeat deficiencies than in prior years, and there was a strong showing in overall emergency management. There’s always a question about whether...
Review your emergency preparedness plans to ensure you have contingency plans for emergencies within an emergency, and drill staff on evacuating patients up or down stairwells.
The pandemic drove healthcare providers and vendors to take an even closer look at facility entrances: who enters a facility, how they come in, and how they leave. On a typical, pre-pandemic day, vendors would plan a visit, verify their identity, enter the facility, and receive a compliant badge...
