Addressing inequity

Data from the COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmingly highlighted the longstanding inequity in...

Physicians urged to prepare for mental health crises

“We know from that survey last spring that only 13% of physicians sought medical attention...

CDC Mask Guidelines are Based on "Incomplete Data," Nurses Union Says

New mask guidelines issued last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC...

If there weren’t challenges…

…it really wouldn’t be an event that requires emergency response.

Winter storm in Texas tests concept of ’all-hazards planning’

As an experienced trauma nurse with a master’s degree in emergency management, Lori Upton has been through a lot of disasters in the Houston area.

Plan care for dialysis and other vulnerable patients stranded in a disaster

Work with your regional healthcare coalition and Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify the number of dialysis and other vulnerable patients who might show up needing critical services if water and power become scarce during a disaster.

Tips for opening a field hospital during the coronavirus pandemic

Several states across the country have had to open field hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic to accommodate COVID-19 patient surges. A common strategy has been to use field hospitals to treat low-acuity COVID-19 patients who can be transferred from hospitals and cared for safely before being discharged home.

See EC.02.04.01 for requirements on medical equipment

Q: I am looking for information on the requirements for patient bed maintenance. Can you let me know what standard(s) this work falls under? Also, where does it state that we have to follow the manufacturer’s requirements for maintenance? I agree that we need to follow those requirements, but I just need to provide documentation to administration on why this work is required.

Q&A: Creating the first early psychosis intervention clinic in New Orleans

By making connections with other local healthcare organizations and state agencies, EPIC-NOLA has been able to treat hundreds of patients, regardless of their insurance status, with better outcomes than other care models.

MEU spoke with Weiss and Chaudhry about creating EPIC-NOLA and the challenges they faced.

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Analyzing the Hospital Life Safety Survey, Fourth Edition

Brad Keyes, CSHP

Your facility is explored from top to bottom for life safety compliance when life safety surveyors arrive on-site. Beat them to the punch with assistance from Analyzing the Hospital Life Safety Survey, Fourth Edition by doing your own in-depth analysis of your organization.

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.

This book will provide readers with:

• A floor-by-floor analysis to help all staff better prepare for a life safety survey
• Expert analysis by a life safety expert with experience in multiple accrediting organizations as well as CMS
• Photos illustrating where citations can happen to help you better understand potential trouble spots during survey
• Tools and tips for more efficient survey preparation

Brian Ward
Editor
bward@hcpro.com


HCPro
35 Village Road, Suite 200
Middleton, MA 01949
800-650-6787
http://www.hcpro.com

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