Joint Commission issues guidelines for dealing with a cyberattack

With healthcare cyberattacks on the rise, the Joint Commission has issued guidance for health system executives on how to react once a data breach has been detected.

As hospitals and health systems continue to seek solutions to workforce staffing—particularly nursing—many are veering away from traditional methods and embracing new ways of attracting and retaining employees.

The CDC announced that small turtles have been linked to a salmonella outbreak in 11 states that has left some patients hospitalized.

The new study is based on searches of five high-use social media platforms—Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Parler, and YouTube—as well as two media outlets—The New York Times and National Public Radio. Data was collected about COVID-19 misinformation by 52 U.S. physicians from January 2021 to December 2022. The study was published by JAMA Network Open.

If you knew there was a problem in the physical environment, you would correct it. Wouldn’t you?

Your facility may or may not be required to have a fire pump. But if you have one as a life safety feature, the surveyor will perform an inspection.

Review the latest recommendations for controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, more commonly known as MRSA, with your infection prevention and control team as well as your medical staff leadership.

“One thing behavioral healthcare can do is get rid of unnecessary rules—rules that have been developed for staff convenience or organizational reasons like cost, rather than for patient comfort and care,” says Kevin Ann Huckshorn, PhD, MSN, RN, ICADC, a licensed mental health nurse and substance abuse clinician.

(Departmental workplace violence risk assessment courtesy of Bryan Warren, president and chief consultant for WarSec Security; for more information on this tool, go here; for a downloadable copy of this, go here:)