Inform, reassure, and reduce anxiety during COVID-19

August 4, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 32
Behavioral health, Burnout, COVID-19, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

Here are areas where your facility can work to ease patients’ safety concerns during the pandemic. They come from Colleen McCrory, MBA,...Read More »

Money woes and distance: Patient stressors during the COVID-19 era

August 4, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 9
Behavioral health, Burnout, COVID-19, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

As of this writing, the novel 2019 coronavirus has infected over 4.6 million Americans and killed over 155,000. Unemployment is at its highest...Read More »

How to Reduce Anxiety and Burnout at Primary Care Practices

July 14, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 29
Burnout, Staff safety, Suicide Prevention

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New research identifies risk factors for physician suicide

June 22, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 26
Behavioral health, Staff safety, Suicide Prevention

Compared to the general population, physicians who die by suicide are more likely to experience job and civil legal problems, recent research...Read More »

Researcher: Coronavirus Pandemic Increases Risk of Physician Suicide

May 5, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 19
COVID-19, Staff safety, Suicide Prevention

The April 26 suicide death of a New York emergency room physician appears to be related to the pandemic, according to the New York Times...Read More »

Restraint and Seclusion: Training Staff on Close Observation Precautions for At-Risk Patients

January 13, 2020
Webinars
CMS, Healthcare Violence, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

This training program will provide information for supervisors and staff observers about restraint and seclusion, ensuring they can meet both the needs of patients and the myriad of rules and regulations, all while keeping staff safe.

Guest column: Review new NPSG for critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, Behavioral health, Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, Suicide Prevention

This article reviews the importance of NPSG.15.01.01, element of performance (EP) 1, which has two separate sections with a very important...Read More »

Suicide NPSG now applies to critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, Behavioral health, Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, Suicide Prevention

Critical access hospitals (CAH) accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) will be expected to implement National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG)...Read More »

Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both

December 16, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 1
Environment and Facilities, Joint Commission, Life Safety, Suicide Prevention

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newest engineering director, Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, told hospital leadership that life...Read More »

Suicide prevention NPSG now applies to Critical Access Hospitals

December 10, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 52
Joint Commission, Suicide Prevention

 The accreditor noted concerns about the very high rate of suicides in rural communities that critical access hospitals serve.Read More »

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