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2009

December

• Making a List, and Checking It Twice , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, December 22, 2009
• Generator Rooms , Accreditation Monthly, December 17, 2009

November

• Building Your Culture of Safety by Breaking Down Barriers , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, November 25, 2009
• The Joint Commission Back to Closed Record Review? , Accreditation Monthly, November 12, 2009

October

• Blanket Warmers, What Is Safe? , Accreditation Monthly, October 21, 2009
• Zero-Tolerance Rules: Can they work? , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, October 16, 2009

September

• Leadership Sentinel Event Advisory , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, September 24, 2009
• Problem Lists - What is Required? , Accreditation Monthly, September 15, 2009
• Few savings for Medicare generated from hospital penalties , Accreditation Connection, September 14, 2009

August

• Policies: Say What You Do and Do What You Say , Accreditation Monthly, August 26, 2009
• Policies, Procedures & Competencies - Oh My! , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, August 26, 2009

July

• Getting Improvement Projects Done! , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, July 16, 2009
• More from the March 2009 Joint Commission Changes: Anesthesia , Accreditation Monthly, July 14, 2009

June

• Adding Effective Change Management to your Quality & Patient Safety Toolbox , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, June 12, 2009
• Joint Commission and CMS Alignment: Restraint Management , Accreditation Monthly, June 9, 2009

May

• Become best friends with your CFO to improve quality & patient safety , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, May 14, 2009
• The Joint Commission and Telemedicine: The Final Word? , Accreditation Monthly, May 13, 2009

April

• Rapidly get your process management activities underway and under control , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, April 21, 2009
• Hold Off on Credentialing Changes , Accreditation Monthly, April 16, 2009

March

• A Plan for Safety, Quality, and Performance Improvement in a Declining Economy , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, March 12, 2009
• Joint Commission Changes to Align with CMS , Accreditation Monthly, March 11, 2009

February

• Using ’Big-Deal Events’ to Help Us Learn , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, February 12, 2009
• CMS Pushes for More Joint Commission Changes , Accreditation Monthly, February 10, 2009

January

• Costs of Poor Quality , Patient Safety Quality Monthly, January 15, 2009
• The Future of the Building Maintenance Program , Accreditation Monthly, January 13, 2009

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