Now that we’ve turned full on into July (I’m parched just thinking about it), The Joint Commission survey process is going to (at least for a time) include a focus on the new (meet the new boss, same as the old boss) Emergency Management chapter and all that entails.
In this week’s installment, our friends in Chicago have sharpened their pencils (and placed them in a safe place once their edits were completed) in their guidance to behavioral health organizations, as well as hospitals, and the expectations for patient safety risk assessments in non-inpatient...
One of the common themes that’s emerged from our transition into what is presumably going to be a post-COVID world (somehow I still think that we not yet reached the mid-point of the COVID-athon, but perhaps I am being too pessimistic) is the litany of challenges relating to what we’ve required...
Lately it seems that I’ve been running into risk assessments that “feel” more like incomplete thoughts in that all the risks within the assessed environment are not represented.
Once again, the reality of a potential active shooter in the healthcare environment takes center stage and we are once again faced with the question of how to keep folks safe during such a horrific event...
A couple of (relatively – you know me!) quick thoughts relative to Emergency Management for your consideration as we start the slide from Spring to Summah (which has pretty much happened everywhere, but the calendar can sometimes hold sway).
