7 Red Flags Your Hospital’s Compliance Program Is Living in the Past

Is your hospital’s compliance program keeping pace with today’s challenges—or stuck in a past era of spreadsheets and silos?  

Use this checklist to spot the warning signs that it’s time for a modern upgrade. 

• • Are incident reports, audits, and training logs spread across multiple Excel files or shared folders? 

• • Is version control a recurring challenge? 

• • Are your policies stored in different formats without a centralized system? 

• • Do staff members have difficulty accessing the most current versions? 

• • Are reports submitted via email, voicemail, or informal conversations? 

• • Is anonymous or mobile-friendly reporting unavailable? 

• • Can you easily demonstrate who took what action, when, and why? 

• • Is documentation often missing or hard to compile for reviews? 

• • Are you relying on spreadsheets or manual sign-offs to monitor completion? 

• • Do updates, reminders, and reassignments take excessive administrative effort? 

• • Are assessments only performed annually and not tied to broader compliance activity? 

• • Are findings isolated rather than linked to ongoing corrective actions? 

• • Are audits and investigations primarily triggered by reported issues? 
    
    
  • Are you missing opportunities to identify trends or prevent problems before they escalate?

If you marked three or more boxes: 
Your compliance program may be due for a modernization.  

Let’s explore how integrated systems, smarter workflows, and data-driven oversight could transform your compliance program.  

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