Establish compliance with new and revised 2009 standards
Briefings on The Joint Commission, April 1, 2009
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Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Hicksville, OH, was expecting The Joint Commission sometime in April, but when surveyors showed up on the morning of January 27 for the facility’s critical access survey, staff members were prepared.
In fall 2006, CMH began weekly preparation meetings for the facility’s next unannounced survey.
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