Articles

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13, Issue 12

I heard the bells! Or did I see three ships?

December 23, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Yet another mixed bag of festive goodies for you this week: I know you’ve all been good (our profession doesn’t really leave a lot of room for anything other than good,...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

CMS offers training on new electronic form for restraint-related deaths

December 23, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. 

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

IHI Looks to Expand ‘Age-Friendly’ Health Systems

December 17, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has joined with the nation’s major hospital associations to expand a...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Will you create TJC’s next Emergency Preparedness poster?

December 17, 2019
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Selected posters will be exhibited at the Emergency Management Standards Base Camp on April 21, and at the 2020 Emergency Preparedness Conference  on April 21 and 23.

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13, Issue 12

’Twas the week before Christmas and all through the…

December 17, 2019
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Do you ever find yourself at the end of the year with a list of random items that you just never got to? It’s not that they weren’t (or, indeed, aren’t) important, but...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Medical Malpractice Rate Dropped Over 10-Year Period

December 17, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

When looking at the number of defendants per 100 physicians, the steepest decline was in OB-GYN claims with a 44% drop over 10 years.

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

TJC to focus on how hospitals prevent obstetric hemorrhage, treat severe hypertension

December 16, 2019
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension are the two focus areas of the requirements that will come online in July 2020

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1

Five strategies to improve opioid use disorder care in hospitals

December 16, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

A new report provides five system-level strategies with specific initiative examples for hospitals to improve prevention, identification, and treatment of opioid use disorder.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1

Revisiting The Joint Commission’s drug diversion advice, resources amid growing opioid epidemic

December 16, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

10% of healthcare workers in the U.S. are abusing drugs of some sort.

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