The JCAHO posts new accreditation standards
Emergency Management Alert, June 19, 2003
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) on June 13 posted its new accreditation standards at "www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/2004+standards.htm", which take effect January 1, 2004. Organizations should receive the published standards in November.
Since 2000, the Joint Commission's standards review task force has examined each standard for all of the JCAHOs accreditation programs excluding assisted living, critical access hospitals, networks, and office-based surgery.
The JCAHO revamped the standards with the following goals in mind:
* Reduce the number of standards by eliminating those that are no longer relevant
* Improve the clarity and relevance
* Lessen paperwork and documentation burdens to demonstrate compliance
* Align the standards requirements now called elements of performance with surveyor assessment and scoring protocols
In doing so, the JCAHO consolidated standards from the assessment and care of patients (TX) chapters, the continuum of care, and education chapters into a new provision of care chapter. The TX medication standards now appear in a medication management (MM) chapter.
The JCAHO says the resulting standards are not new. Modifications embody deletions, consolidations, or clarifications of existing standards. However, the accreditor did add some new requirements that appear in the MM chapter, for example. Also, some elements of performance that appeared in one manual may now apply across all manuals, so new expectations may appear in some manuals.
Related Products
-
Hospital Safety Center
Improve compliance with hospital safety standards from The Joint Commission, OSHA, and other regulators with this...
-
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
Learn Life Safety Code tips and interpretations for healthcare facilities with this in-depth monthly resource.
-
Hospital Safety Connection
Stay on top of hospital safety requirements and best practices with our free, fast-paced weekly update.
-
Administering Your OSHA Program
This course will help an employee new to the role of OSHA safety officer. It gives an overview of OSHA requirements and...
-
Medical OSHA Manual Combo
Get into compliance with Quality America's OSHA Safety Program Manual and stay in compliance with OSHA Watch Newsletter...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- HIPAA Q&A: Answering service messages
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- News and briefs: Oklahoma Osteopathic Association against residency bill change
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- Are your workforce members texting PHI?
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- CMS issues IPPS proposed rule for FY 2013
- E-mailed
-
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Are your workforce members texting PHI?
- Don't let these sentinel events trigger falsely
- Arkansas woman convicted for HIPAA violation
- Reasons for inadequate fluid intake in the elderly
- Q&A tackles coding questions about injections and infusions
- Joint Commission Center announces handoff communication solutions
- Inside best practice: Reduce patient falls with a stoplight
- Identify modifiable risk factors to prevent patient falls
- Hospitalist-surgeon comanagement has no effect on outcomes
- Searched