Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Hospitals across the country are spending record amounts on healthcare while watching quality erode, according to Peter Kowey, MD....Read More »

Hospitals are under increasing scrutiny to keep patients safe from suicide, self-harm, and violent behavior—and CMS has just made its expectations...Read More »

Rounds, tours, tracers. These are all time-honored approaches to monitoring conditions in the environment, but how are folks using those...Read More »

Hospitals participating in value-based purchasing and accountable care programs face a new level of complexity in how patients are attributed—and...Read More »

How do we as safety and facilities professionals get better about asking for, and accepting, assistance from above? I’ve listened to many...Read More »

Hospitals navigating accreditation and reimbursement challenges often overlook two seemingly unrelated issues: ISO 9001 certification and durable...Read More »

We have now reached the furthest end of our countdown. Read More »

​Moving on through the rest of the list (we’ll finish this up next week), again no surprises if you’ve been paying attention to...Read More »

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) 2026 revisions to the Emergency Management (EM) chapter mark a reshuffling of element numbers and represent a...Read More »