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BOAQ 2018 index

Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, January 1, 2019

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Most would agree 2018 was a busy and interesting year. With that in mind, we’ve made you this nifty index of all the BOAQ articles from 2018. We hope this helps you out and look forward to keeping you abreast of all things accreditation and quality.

Sincerely,
Brian Ward, Editor

Alternative AOs

• Longtime accrediting organization to keep its name, continue to expand. June, p. 4.
• Switching AOs: Kettering Health answers why they changed from Joint Commission to HFAP. June, p. 1.

CMS

• CMS concerned AOs missing fire and smoke barrier, sprinkler deficiencies. Dec., p. 1.
• CMS delays hospital star ratings update, again. Sept., p. 13.
• CMS making deficiency reports more accessible to the public. Dec., p. 7.
• CMS updates State Operations Manual for first time since 2015. Feb., p. 5.
• Congress wants answers from CMS, AOs on hospital patient safety. May, p. 1.
• Doctors praise CMS move on ‘note bloat,’ oppose payment changes. Dec., p. 6.
• It takes two to tango (or qualify as a hospital). Feb., p. 1.

Cybersecurity

• Six steps to beat computer viruses. Feb., p. 11.
• Using fear to teach cybersecurity. Feb., p. 13.

ECRI hazards

• Part 1: ECRI's top tech hazards list 2018. April, p. 8.
• Part 2: ECRI's top tech hazards list 2018. May, p. 9.

Emergency management

• Chain of command: Succession planning must be specific to leadership role, not an individual. Feb., p. 9.
• Joint Commission’s new emergency management checklist. Dec., p. 9.
• NFPA 3000: The newest active shooter standard. July, p. 8.

Human trafficking

• Human trafficking and healthcare. Sept., p. 1.
• Q&A: The Joint Commission on human trafficking. Sept., p. 5.

Infection control

• Case study: Automating sepsis alerts at Harborview Medical Center. Aug., p. 7.
• Case study: Saint Anthony cuts a swath through catheter infections with hospitalwide huddles. July, p. 5.
• Clean hands or RFI: Joint Commission not playing around with hand hygiene. April, p. 11.
• The future of infection prevention. Oct., p. 9.
• Joint Commission revises scoring for infection control as of September 1. Dec., p. 5.
• Joint Commission: Test pregnant women for HIV and syphilis before childbirth. April, p. 1.
• Study: Recounting the cost of CAUTIs. April, p. 3.
• Technology and hand hygiene compliance. July, p. 11.

Joint Commission

• Joint Commission: Sentinel events declined again in 2017. June, p. 5.
• Joint Commission surveyor focus remains on EC, LS, ligature risks. Nov., p. 1.
• Joint Commission updates education, EM requirements. Feb., p. 4.
• Not out to pasture: George Mills stays in the game after leaving Joint Commission. Jan., p. 3.
• Revisions to hospital deeming EPs. Dec., p. 11.
• Struggling with standards: Almost two-thirds of hospitals are not compliant with EC, LS requirements. June, (online only) 

Legionella & waterborne pathogens

• Get your governing board involved with water management to meet CMS expectations. Nov., p. 11.
• HFAP revised standards: Legionella. Aug., p. 1.
• Hospitals need to test for Legionella. Jan., p. 12.
• The pipes are calling: CMS revises Legionella requirements. Oct., p. 7.

Life safety

• CMS and Joint Commission clarify door-closing devices standards. May, p. 5.

Medication management

• Case study: How DeKalb Medical cut its overridden medication safety alerts after fatal accident. Aug., p. 4.
• Cold weather and drug resistance; tracking seasonal changes in antibiotic misuse. Aug., p. 11.
• Joint Commission talks medication management. Dec., p. 9.
• SAMHSA: Patient consent now required for substance abuse records. July, p. 10.

Patient safety

• Case study: Reducing falls by engaging patients. June, p. 9.
• Communication breakdown: Sentinel Event Alert calls out bad patient handoffs. Jan., p. 7.
• ECRI: Most wrong-patient errors are preventable. Oct., p. 12.
• Q&A: Patient involvement and representatives. Feb., p. 6.
• Q&A: Patient misidentification. Nov., p. 9.
• Surveyor gaze is on dialysis compliance. Oct., p. 5.

Suicide & ligature

• Check(list) your ER for suicide risks. June, p. 10.
• CMS defines ligature risk in new memo. March, p. 5.
• CMS surveyors agree to use Joint Commission recommendations on ligature risk as guide. Oct., p. 1.
• HFAP ligature standard remains same after newest CMS memo. Oct., p. 4.
• HFAP revises ligature risks standards. Sept., p. 10.
• New suicide risk expectations from Joint Commission in aftermath of sentinel events stats. Jan., p. 1.
• PSS-3: Three-question suicide screener for the ER. Nov., p. 5.
• Q&A: Joint Commission talks ligature risk. Nov., p. 4.
• Young and old: Ex-surveyor worries about where CMS applies ligature risk definition. April, p. 6.

Surgery

• AORN guidelines on unintended retention of a foreign body focuses on counting and communication. June, p. 6.
• Is the fight over? AORN to change recommendations in surgical headwear debate. Sept., p. 8.
• Taking a second look at overlapping surgeries. March, p. 10.

Texting

• CMS clarifies rules on texting patient info. March, p. 8.
• Q&A: A little more on texting PHI. May, p. 6.

Workplace violence & law enforcement

• Q&A: Dealing with sexual harassment in healthcare. April, p. 4.
• When police and physicians clash. March, p. 1.

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