Operational Excellence

The guidance details Conditions of Participation expectations for critical access hospitals engaged in shared space agreements.

Mastering intercultural fluency is a prerequisite if you want to create lasting innovations.

Committees released meeting minutes and agendas for upcoming standards editions. .

The ICC Committee on Healthcare successfully advocated for multiple code changes at a second round of code action hearings.

The 2025 editions for four standards are set to be published soon, but the appeal window for each is still open .

Best practices for health systems when choosing to work with external partner organizations .

An NFPA committee is seeking comments on a tentative interim amendment for a heliport and vertiport standard.

Hospitals share their emergency management plans and decision-making processes during recent record-setting hurricanes.

A focus on career development will pay innovation dividends for yourself and your organization .

Several first draft reports for upcoming codes and standards editions are open for public commenting.