Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Review your Environment of Care (EC) and Life Safety (LS) policies and procedures now that The Joint Commission has issued another ...Read More »

CMS has finalized the rural emergency hospital (REH) as a new provider type in the hopes of helping rural areas keep much needed healthcare...Read More »

CMS has combined three earlier Quality, Safety & Oversight Group (QSO) memos on required COVID-19 vaccinations into a ...Read More »

Take time to consult with your organization’s staff before reverting to pre-pandemic practices and procedures. Some things might not need to...Read More »

The Joint Commission (TJC) will be focusing on healthcare equity as a patient safety priority when new Leadership requirements come into effect in...Read More »

I think we all know that rounding as it might have once been...Read More »

Dale Lyman, CFPS, has lived and breathed fire and other kinds of safety for decades. He spent most of his career in various roles...Read More »

The Joint Commission is training a lot of new Life Safety surveyors as it tries to catch up with the backlog and limit split surveys in which...Read More »

This should be a relatively quick news item that will impact organizations being surveyed by our friends in Chicago starting January 1, 2023. So,...Read More »

Myths and mysteries about surveys and why some Joint Commission RFIs are more about the hospital's policies than about the actual requirements. Read More »