Incident command hospital offers tips on handling patient surge

February 18, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 3
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

As mass casualty events go, the 75-vehicle pileup on the Sunday before Christmas on an interstate in southeastern Virginia could have been much...Read More »

Work with local healthcare coalitions to successfully manage mass casualty surge

February 18, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 3
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

Build off any protocols you already have for handling extra-busy days at your emergency department (ED) to create a patient surge plan that can...Read More »

CDC: Focus on Protecting Staff and Supplies as Coronavirus Concerns Grow

February 18, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 8
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety

Concerns in the public may be contributing to a growing...Read More »

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

January 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
CMS, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Survey Preparation

As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. Form CMS-10455 must...Read More »

Use past experience with MERS, Ebola to prep for latest coronavirus

January 28, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 5
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

Dig out and update your plan for screening for MERS-CoV, Ebola, measles or any other infectious disease with the latest information on the newly...Read More »

Target Long-Term Emergency Room Frequent Users to Curb Visits and Cut Costs

January 21, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 4
Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

ED frequent users make up about 4.5% to 8% of the ED patient population nationwide but account for 21% to 28% of all ED visits.Read More »

OSHA Raises Its Civil Penalties for 2020 by Nearly 2%

January 21, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 4
Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures

The new penalty amounts take effect immediately, applying to...Read More »

Will you create TJC’s next Emergency Preparedness poster?

December 17, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 53
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Joint Commission

Selected posters will be exhibited at the Emergency Management Standards Base Camp on April 21, and at the...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 »

Urgent Care Industry White Paper

December 12, 2019
White Papers
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities

From the Urgent Care Association (UCA) The 2019 Urgent Care Industry white paper is a useful resource for media, urgent care centers, medical professionals, vendors, and anyone interested in learning more...

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