In the January 2023 issue of Perspectives, our friends in Chicago have unveiled the first results of their efforts to “retire” standards and performance elements that aren’t supported by code and/or regulation.
Brad Keyes, CHSP, a Life Safety Code® expert and longtime contributor to Healthcare Safety Leader, Healthcare Life Safety Compliance and other HCPro...
Brad Keyes, CHSP, a Life Safety Code® expert and longtime contributor to Healthcare Safety Leader, Healthcare Life Safety Compliance and other HCPro...
CMS and The Joint Commission require physicians and other healthcare practitioners to communicate in a manner the patient can understand. Sometimes this involves removing a language barrier. And sometimes it’s simply about avoiding the use of medical jargon.
A new workplace can seem daunting on the first day of a job. Employers provide information by fire hose and expect new staff to simply absorb it all—which can be dangerous.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) earlier this month released its 2022 Quality Roadmap, an analysis of data from 2,016 accreditation surveys conducted in 2021-22. The accreditor encourages healthcare organizations to use the report to establish benchmarks...
Sepsis is the cause of death for many influenza patients, O’Brien says. “Annually, there about 200,000 hospitalizations that are associated with influenza, and there are around 40,000 deaths. If you look within those deaths, there is a significant number of patients who end up dying of sepsis,...
Decorations around the hospital can bring joy to patients and staff. But they also can bring citations from CMS, accrediting organizations, or the fire marshal’s office. Ensure that the next holiday goes well by organizing decoration storage now.
Train kitchen employees on how to use the exhaust hood fire suppression system, ensure the system is inspected regularly, and verify that Class K fire extinguishers have the appropriate signage to avoid common deficiencies.
