Hospitals must report adverse actions taken against the privileges of a physician or dentist to the National Practitioner Data Bank. Hospitals must report any action affecting a physician’s privileges for more than 30 days.
As workplace violence continues to rise, hospitals are discovering that some of their most serious security gaps are not rooted in staffing or policy. Instead, they may come down to life safety systems that were designed decades ago.
A systematic review found that preventable medication harm occurs in about 3% of patients across care settings, with more than a quarter of that harm classified as severe or potentially life-threatening.
For many hospital safety and quality leaders, accreditation once followed a predictable arc: a ramp up to survey day, stress during the survey visit, and then a return to normal operations. That approach is becoming increasingly misaligned with how OSHA inspectors, accrediting bodies, and...
Whether your healthcare facility is in Las Vegas or Bangor, Maine, extreme weather will always be on the table. From ice, snow, and freezing temperatures to extreme heat and humidity, this weather can put healthcare facilities and their occupants in danger. And it always puts Life Safety Code® (...
Literacy rates in the United States are dropping—not just among school-aged children, but in adults as well. According to the National Literacy Institute, 54% of adults in the U.S. have a literacy level below that of a sixth-grader. Literacy impacts many aspects of life, and healthcare is no...
When Henry Ford Health gathered teams for its annual Quality Expo and Symposium, recognition was only part of the story. For accreditation and quality leaders, the real test of any award-winning project is whether the work holds up after the posters come down—during daily operations, under...
Laboratory compliance programs have never suffered from a lack of policies. Instead, what they often struggle with is consistency—particularly during busy handoffs, staffing shortages, and routine operational pressure. As regulatory expectations tighten and inspections increasingly focus on how...
As hospitals automate more of their security infrastructure to offset staffing shortages and rising risks, the real challenge is no longer whether to automate, but how to do it without introducing blind spots.
From supplies to policies and procedures to physician credentials, a hospital emergency preparedness checklist is a guide that ensures hospitals can maintain/resume essential services during a disaster or emergency.
