Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both

December 16, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newest engineering director, Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, told hospital leadership that life safety (LS) trumps ligature risk. But be prepared to not have a choice.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both

December 16, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newest engineering director, Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, told hospital leadership that life safety (LS) trumps ligature risk. But be prepared to not have a choice.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Suicide prevention NPSG now applies to Critical Access Hospitals

December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

 The accreditor noted concerns about the very high rate of suicides in rural communities that critical access hospitals serve.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Suicide prevention NPSG now applies to Critical Access Hospitals

December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

 The accreditor noted concerns about the very high rate of suicides in rural communities that critical access hospitals serve.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

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

December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of the 2012 versions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code® (LSC) and NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code®.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

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

December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of the 2012 versions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code® (LSC) and NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code®.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 12

Use checklist to help staff clear areas to protect at-risk patients

November 26, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Ligature risk tops the list of problems cited by TJC surveyors under one of the most frequently cited standards, EC.02.06.01.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 12

Use checklist to help staff clear areas to protect at-risk patients

November 26, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Ligature risk tops the list of problems cited by TJC surveyors under one of the most frequently cited standards, EC.02.06.01.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 12

Arming PCPs to screen and intervene on behavioral health

November 5, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Research shows many healthcare professionals unprepared for conducting screening and brief interventions

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13, Issue 10

Who remembers pop-o-matic Trouble?

October 21, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

In something of a variation on another bloggy evergreen, I ask the rhetorical question: To what, if any, extent have you included consideration of  board games in your...

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