Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 2

Creating a culture that puts an end to sexual harassment in healthcare

December 23, 2019
Healthcare Violence, Policies and Procedures

7% of physicians and 11% of nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants had experienced sexual harassment. 

Accreditation Insider

CMS offers training on new electronic form for restraint-related deaths

December 23, 2019
CMS, Healthcare Violence, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. 

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

December 10, 2019
Accreditation, CMS, Data Tracking, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Violence, HFAP, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Leadership, Life Safety, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement, Sentinel Event Alerts, Suicide Prevention, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of the 2012 versions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code® (LSC) and NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code®.

Accreditation Insider

Workplace Violence Legislation Moves Forward

December 3, 2019
Healthcare Violence, Policies and Procedures

On Nov. 11, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Act of 2019.

Accreditation Insider

Half of surgery residents report harassment, bullying

November 5, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Violence

Half of general surgery residents reported experiencing workplace harassment at least a few times a year, with much of the mistreatment coming from patients and their families, and attending surgeons.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 10

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

October 1, 2019
Accreditation, Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Violence, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

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Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 10

Use of Tasers and other control weapons remains a debate in hospitals

September 24, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Violence, Policies and Procedures

Carefully review whether you want to allow security officers to carry conducted-electrical weapons (CEW) such as Taser® devices on your facility grounds. 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 10

An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

September 10, 2019
Healthcare Violence

Then they got the real thing

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 9

TJC returns focus to human trafficking

August 20, 2019
Healthcare Violence, Patient Safety

“The timing couldn’t be better to train staff to recognize these victims,” says TJC associate director Elizabeth Even, MSN, RN, CEN

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 9

Use these strategies to reduce conflict and violence in your hospital

August 13, 2019
Healthcare Violence, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

Have staff employ these tips and strategies when interacting with patients to decrease tensions and improve patient care.  

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