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Mac's Safety Space: Continuing on with our discussions of the unusually revelatory April issue of Perspectives, we shall now turn to the life safety-related items, starting with the sweetness of suites (though this may result in some tart-y findings).

OIG finds fire safety, emergency prep deficiencies at LTC facilities

If your healthcare system accreditation is tied to a long-term care facility or nursing home, be aware that the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is still going state by state to audit select facilities on-site for adherence to life safety and emergency preparedness regulations.

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.

Be prepared to coordinate with other hospitals and dialysis centers to take those patients and work with regional officials to determine when water, oxygen, and backup power resources should be pre-positioned or diverted to appropriate locations.

Q&A: Designing LGBTQIA+ friendly healthcare

For a long time, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare organizations have not met the needs of LGBTQIA+ patients, either through ignorance or active discrimination. With acceptance of LGBTQIA+ patients on the rise, and more and more people coming out, healthcare organizations are being encouraged to evolve to meet the needs of all their patients—whatever their sex, gender, and orientation.

To aid in this effort, clinicians and researchers at Fenway Health in Boston published two papers that contain recommendations on how to adapt your healthcare facility into a culturally responsive organization.

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