Help for the people who run incident reporting.
In-depth guides, printable templates, free calculators, a glossary and source-cited compliance pages. Written from primary sources, dated and reviewed.
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Guides
Long-form guides on incident reporting, QAPI, RCA and CAPA, survey readiness, near misses, OSHA and choosing software.
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Templates
Printable incident, fall, medication, near-miss, RCA, CAPA and QAPI forms built on what surveyors recognize.
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Free tools
TRIR and DART, ASCQR payment impact, the cost of an incident and a survey-readiness check.
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Compliance library
CMS QAPI, accreditation, F-tags, reporting deadlines, OSHA and survey readiness, with sources.
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Glossary
Plain definitions of the terms in incident reporting, quality and OSHA, each with a source.
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Blog
Answer-first articles on incident reports, sentinel events, RCA methods, plans of correction and OSHA recordability.
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Start with your rulebook.
CMS QAPI
What 42 CFR requires of surgery centers, nursing homes, hospitals, hospice and home health for quality assessment and performance improvement.
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How the major accreditors work, how they relate to CMS deemed status, and what they expect from your incident and quality program.
Open the hubSNF F-tags
Plain-language guides to the F-tags that incident reporting touches most: falls, abuse reporting, medication errors, infection control and QAPI.
Open the hubReporting deadlines
The clocks that matter: abuse and neglect reporting, sentinel events, ASC quality reporting, device adverse events and state reporting.
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OSHA 300, 301 and 300A forms, recordability, severe injury reporting, lockout/tagout, hazard communication, process safety and injury rates.
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How to prepare for surgery center, nursing home and Joint Commission surveys, and how to write a plan of correction that surveyors accept.
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New on the blog.
How AI intake changes incident reporting
AI intake swaps a long form for a conversation. See how it differs from forms, what the studies show, where human review fits and what to watch for.
Read the articleIncident reporting software pricing models: what each one does to your bill
Incident reporting software is priced per seat, module, site, bed or by enterprise contract. See what each does to total cost and which questions to ask.
Read the articleWhat to put in a plan of correction
A plan of correction answers each CMS-2567 citation: what you will fix, how, who owns it, by when and how you will check. See the elements and a skeleton.
Read the articleFirst aid vs medical treatment: where OSHA draws the recordability line
OSHA's first-aid list is closed: anything not on it is medical treatment and makes an injury recordable. See the 14 items, real cases and other triggers.
Read the articleAAAHC vs Joint Commission for ASCs: a fair comparison
AAAHC and the Joint Commission both hold CMS deeming authority for ASCs. Compare survey style, standards focus, fee drivers and what stays the same.
Read the articleWhat is a sentinel event?
A sentinel event is a patient safety event that reaches a patient and causes death, severe or permanent harm. See the definition, examples and first steps.
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