Researcher: Coronavirus Pandemic Increases Risk of Physician Suicide

May 5, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 19
Workplace safety, Behavioral & Mental Health, Infection Control

The April 26 suicide death of a New York emergency room physician appears to be related to the pandemic, according to the New York Times...Read More »

When you get to the end, you get to start all over again…

April 28, 2020
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14 Issue 4
Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health
By Steve MacArthur, ...Read More »

Top 10 patient safety concerns for 2020

April 21, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 5
Behavioral & Mental Health, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

While all the headlines have been (justifiably) about the 2019 novel coronavirus, healthcare providers must keep in mind that it isn’t the sole...Read More »

Risk management and the transgender hospital admission

March 3, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 4
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

How should hospital admissions of transgender persons—which we readily acknowledge is an imprecise umbrella term—be addressed to ensure fair and...Read More »

Joint Commission portal addresses nurse burnout

February 25, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 3
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Leadership & Finance, Healthcare Staff

In July 2019, the accreditation agency released Quick Safety Issue 50: Developing Resilience to Combat Nurse Burnout, published to help...Read More »

Guest column: Review new NPSG for critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

This article reviews the importance of NPSG.15.01.01, element of performance (EP) 1, which has two separate sections with a very important...Read More »

Suicide NPSG now applies to critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

Critical access hospitals (CAH) accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) will be expected to implement National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG)...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, 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...Read More »

Suicide prevention NPSG now applies to Critical Access Hospitals

December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 52
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.Read 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 & 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...Read More »

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