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The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
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Featured Story | | More OSHA Scrutiny on Healthcare Organizations, Expanded Whistleblower Protections | | In March, OSHA issued its Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The updates extend existing OSHA protections for workplace safety whistleblowers, explicitly stating those protections apply to those who report COVID-19 related violations at the workplace by creating a National Emphasis Program (NEP). |
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News & Analysis | | DNV to Return to Unannounced Surveys September 7 | | DNV Healthcare-accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, and psychiatric hospitals should be aware that the accreditation organization is returning to unannounced, onsite surveys as of September 7. |
| Stroke Benchmarks During COVID: HFAP Releases Latest Report | | HFAP, a brand of the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), issued its annual benchmarking report on stroke programs recently, which demonstrated COVID-19’s impact on these programs. HFAP collected data to help healthcare professionals expand their knowledge of the risks, triggers, and variations of stroke, with findings that took a year of pandemic challenges into account. |
| Patient Safety NOW: Online Summit | | Patient Safety Now is PSQH’s exclusive online summit taking place on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. This free event features four sessions, run by industry leaders, focused on providing superior level of safety for your patients. |
Sponsored content Current State of Healthcare Compliance Programs: 2021 Benchmark Survey Results | | This report provides results from our 12th annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey, conducted by SAI Global in collaboration with Strategic Management Services, LLC. Richard P. Kusserow, former DHHS Inspector General, provided the analysis of the results. The survey’s objective was to understand the status and progress of compliance program development in the U.S. healthcare industry. This content is brought to you in partnership with SAI Global. |
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| Product Spotlight | | Life safety expert and independent consultant Brad Keyes, CHSP, provides a practical, strategic approach to the life safety survey process. He walks you through a room-by-room, floor-by-floor analysis of the life safety measures you must have in place to avoid costly citations. The book simplifies Joint Commission standards and CMS requirements and focuses on ways to pass your next life safety survey. Order now! | | |
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