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
COVID-19, 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...

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

December 10, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 1
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...Read More »

How not to run out of water

December 10, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 1
Environment and Facilities, Life Safety, Policies and Procedures

Running out of water in an emergency is not something a hospital wants to think about. However, recent events have shown that it can and does...Read More »

Drug Diversion by Healthcare Personnel

December 2, 2019
Webinars
Accreditation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Policies and Procedures

This webinar presented by expert speaker Kimberly New, BSN, JD, will explore current trends in drug diversion by healthcare personnel and will address how facilities can develop a straightforward approach to diversion prevention, detection, and response.

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