Accreditation Articles by Topic: Joint Commission Standards
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
I will freely admit that things are a little calmer this year on the survey front, at least in...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
There are significant changes in the NPSG, many of which are refreshing. The intent in making these...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
There are various ways pain can be measured by hospital staff members, depending on the...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
It takes more than one method to bring a hospital’s hand hygiene compliance rate up over 90...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 16, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 46, November 9, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 45, November 2, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
So far, so good. The release of the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) rolled back some of...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
The Joint Commission has made significant steps to improve its performance and culture in 2009, the...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
In a world where a consumer can collect encyclopedic knowledge on a car or home electronics...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Ever feel like navigating the world of CMS changes is an uphill battle? You are not alone. Survey...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Q: Are there additional factors to monitor outside of the required stroke center measures?
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 43, October 19, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 41, October 5, 2009
The official version of the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) have been released by the...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
When patients come into the hospital with an illness or health problem, staff members must do all...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
On the upside, disease-specific care (DSC) certification surveys provide a little more notice for...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 38, September 14, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 37, September 7, 2009
The Joint Commission is seeking public comment on candidate measures for assessing and treating...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Once your survey is completed, your work has just begun. You must keep the momentum going and stay...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
In 2008, Linda Severson, RN, of Cherokee Mental Health Institute (CMHI), Cherokee, IA, was called...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
After working with multiple professional and trade organizations on the common and proper use of...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
In July, The Joint Commission announced a focus on the interpretation of standards and survey...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
The Joint Commission has announced it will adopt a new accreditation decision for 2010. This...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
The standard formerly known as MS.1.20 is on the move again. The Joint Commission opened up the...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 36, August 31, 2009
The first draft of The Joint Commission’s revised staffing effectiveness standards is now...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 36, August 31, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 35, August 24, 2009
A recent study in the September issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases found that...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 35, August 24, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company's Center for Healthcare Accreditation will...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 32, August 3, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company’s Center for Healthcare Accreditation...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
After reading this article, you will be able to:
Discuss recent changes to National Patient...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
After reading this article, you will be able to:
Describe the J-Day Blitz List concept...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
After reading this article, you will be able to:
Identify common medication errors
Explain...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Restraint remains one of the most challenging issues in hospital accreditation today. To that end...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Editor’s note: This feature explores problematic Joint Commission standards with expert...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 31, July 27, 2009
Each week, a senior consultant from The Greeley Company’s Center for Healthcare Accreditation...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 30, July 20, 2009
The Joint Commission is seeking feedback on changes to standard MS.01.01.01 recommended by a task...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 30, July 20, 2009
The Joint Commission has again received deeming authority from the Department of Health and Human...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 28, July 6, 2009
Rhode Island will become the first state to have all surgical providers adopt a uniform protocol to...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 28, July 6, 2009
After having discussions with multiple professional and trade organizations regarding the common...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
According to an old Chinese proverb, it is better to sweat more during peace and bleed less during...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
Tracer methodology, used by The Joint Commission since 2004, has increased the focus on the patient...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
In January 2006, Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands (RHCI) in East Sandwich, MA, had...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
When the concept of introducing ISO 9001 to the hospital setting first arose, hospital leaders...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Every month, Briefings on The Joint Commission brings you the latest news in Joint Commission...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
For a long time, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) had been viewed as an unavoidable evil...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Propped up on a pillow, wearing a baseball hat and a pink cast on his ankle, the patient is...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
In our April column, we took a look at the changes released earlier this year by The Joint...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Brattleboro (VT) Retreat, a freestanding psychiatric hospital, was expecting its most recent...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
What is conflict of interest and why is it important? Isn’t it just a concern of the board...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 22, May 15, 2009
The Joint Commission has asked the field to review and comment on revisions to the 2009 National...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 22, May 15, 2009
Q. Our infection control nurse would like to know where to find literature to support not using...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
I am looking for policies and procedures on insertion of central lines at the bedside, especially...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
In 2009, three infection control goals were added to the National Patient Safety Goals list...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
When Rochester (NY) General Health System determined to cut down on methicillin-resistant...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 18, April 17, 2009
The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) and the American Organization of Nurse...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 17, April 10, 2009
Accreditation professionals across the country have known for months that revisions to Joint...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 17, April 10, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has renewed the deeming authority status for...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 17, April 10, 2009
For a number of years, Nassau University Medical Center in Long Island, has been beset upon by...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 16, April 3, 2009
The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) continues its contest for free...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 16, April 3, 2009
In order to clear the lines of communication between healthcare providers and a diverse population...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Every month, Briefings on The Joint Commission brings you the latest news in Joint Commission...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
For one Washington hospital, making the move from Joint Commission accreditation to DNV Healthcare...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Reports from the field indicate that validation surveys by state surveyors on behalf of CMS are...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Reports from the field indicate that validation surveys by state surveyors on behalf of CMS are...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
It has been a little more than six months since Det Norske Veritas (DNV) was awarded hospital...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Hicksville, OH, was expecting The Joint Commission sometime in...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
CMS has clarified its ruling on the physician supervision of on-campus hospital outpatient...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 15, March 27, 2009
The Joint Commission has announced changes to the 2009 standards revisions originally released...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 15, March 27, 2009
The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the American Heart Association, has rolled out the...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 15, March 27, 2009
Only approximately 1.5% of U.S. hospitals have a comprehensive electronic health record (EHR...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 15, March 27, 2009
The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) has sponsored a contest for free...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 14, March 20, 2009
The Maryland Department of Health and Hygiene has cited a Silver Spring, MD hospital treating...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 14, March 20, 2009
In 2005, Pam Stodghill, MS, RN, director of performance improvement and risk management at Shriners...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 13, March 13, 2009
Taking a cue from the aviation industry, facilities such as Lucile Packard Children’s...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 13, March 13, 2009
According to a report issued by the office of the City Comptroller, New York City hospitals are the...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 13, March 13, 2009
Although electronic prescriptions were thought to bring about the end of stereotypical...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 10, March 6, 2009
The California Department of Health has issued fines to three hospitals in Orange County for...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 10, March 6, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has seen an increase in reports of hospital...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 10, March 6, 2009
Medication management compliance is difficult enough, but when you are trying to comply while...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 27, 2009
One in six physicians reported they regularly encountered patients who appeared to be dissatisfied...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 27, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will include financial incentives promoting the...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 27, 2009
A new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) suggests that the federal...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 27, 2009
The National Quality Forum has endorsed 45 voluntary practices intended to benefit patient care and...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 27, 2009
Q. Our cardiopulmonary staff members have a short period of time to perform EKGs on patients coming...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 8, February 20, 2009
A recent government report has found a dramatic drop in the rate of dangerous staph infections in...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 8, February 20, 2009
In summer 2006, Bellin Home Health Care in Green Bay, WI, created a tool to assess patients&rsquo...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 13, 2009
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, TX, has announced major improvements to its emergency...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 13, 2009
Two years after it lost its accreditation and its own physicians were writing to the city to warn...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 13, 2009
A recent discussion between Ontario and federal officials uncovered disparities in the amount of...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 7, February 13, 2009
During its Standards Improvement Initiative, The Joint Commission’s goal was to review its...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 6, February 6, 2009
One survey. Five hospitals. More than 40 ambulatory and outpatient locations. When Joint Commission...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 5, January 30, 2009
According to a recent survey conducted by HealthGrades, an independent healthcare ratings...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 5, January 30, 2009
Constructing a tracer process from scratch for a 645-bed hospital is no simple matter, but that was...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 4, January 23, 2009
Q. The new leadership standard LD.03.01.01 says leaders regularly evaluate the culture of safety...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 3, January 15, 2009
Two new initiatives with very different approaches have targeted hospital-associated infections in...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 3, January 15, 2009
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has launched a campaign to push for standardized...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 3, January 15, 2009
When Joint Commission surveyors came to St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO, the morning...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 2, January 9, 2009
Implementing, utilizing, and monitoring behavioral restraints continue to pose challenges and...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 2, January 9, 2009
The Joint Commission has announced Mark G. Pelletier, RN, MS, as the organization’s new...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 51, December 18, 2008
When The Joint Commission implemented focused professional practice evaluations (FPPE) in January...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 50, December 11, 2008
The Joint Commission has released its latest Sentinel Event Alert, this time looking at prevention...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 50, December 11, 2008
Q. 2009 standard PC.03.01.03, element of performance (EP) 8, requires that hospitals reevaluate...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 49, December 4, 2008
Early on September 15, The Joint Commission posted on its extranet news that surveyors would be...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Early on September 15, The Joint Commission posted on its extranet news that surveyors would be...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
With the introduction of Life Safety Code® (LSC) surveyors to The Joint Commission’s...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
CMS announced September 26 that it had granted deeming authority to Oslo, Norway–based Det...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
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Hospitals undergo process to change accrediting organizations
Immediate-threat-to-life...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 49, November 26, 2008
American hospitals have demonstrated significant gains in patient safety and quality of care over...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 49, November 26, 2008
With the introduction of Life Safety Code® (LSC) surveyors to The Joint Commission’s...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 48, November 13, 2008
The Joint Commission has unveiled the winners of the 2008 Ernest Amory Codman Awards. The awards...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 7, 2008
The Joint Commission has brought a renewed focus to the area of pain management with its recently...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 7, 2008
The Joint Commission announced this week that, under a new Joint Commission policy, laboratory...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 47, November 7, 2008
The Joint Commission has released an FAQ on National Patient Safety Goal NPSG.01.01.01. The FAQ...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention is an organization...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
After reading this article, you will be able to:
Identify pertinent EPs for preanesthesia...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
CMS has announced the approval of DNV Healthcare, Inc., as a deeming authority for U.S. hospitals...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
After reading this article, you will be able to:
Discuss the new numbering system used in...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Editor’s note: This feature explores problematic Joint Commission standards with expert...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Editor’s note: The following question and answer session took place during HCPro’s...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 46, October 31, 2008
The Joint Commission in August announced a new scoring system for its hospital accreditation...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 45, October 24, 2008
According to a study by the Rand Corporation, the creation of unique patient identifiers that would...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 45, October 24, 2008
Q. Why is The Joint Commission now saying that, beginning in 2009, surgical timeouts should ideally...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 44, October 16, 2008
Q. Why is The Joint Commission now saying that, beginning in 2009, surgical timeouts should ideally...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 42, October 3, 2008
The Joint Commission in August announced a new scoring system for its hospital accreditation...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
The Joint Commission in August announced a new scoring system for its hospital accreditation...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
As of January 1, 2009, a revised Leadership standards chapter takes effect, detailing requirements...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
The Medication Management chapter is set up to reflect the continuum of the process, from...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Q. Why is The Joint Commission now saying that, beginning in 2009, surgical timeouts should ideally...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 41, September 26, 2008
CMS revised the new Interpretive Guidelines for hospitals in April. The changes were not...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 41, September 26, 2008
The 2008 recipients of the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards have been released...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 40, September 19, 2008
Hospitals are frequently slow to help physicians purchase electronic medical record (EMR) systems...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 39, September 12, 2008
The Joint Commission has released several chapters for public review as part of its Standard...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 38, September 8, 2008
In a historic case, the Florida Supreme Court has deemed that hospitals must ensure medical staff...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 38, September 8, 2008
Sometimes, it’s all about the journey, not the destination. And in hospitals, the journey a...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Editor's note: Patton is the former Joint Commission executive director of accreditation services...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Editor's note: Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD, director of hospital risk management at OHIC...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Sometimes, it's all about the journey, not the destination. And in hospitals, the journey a patient...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, GA, is preparing to roll out a new, three-tiered approach...
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Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Rude behavior, unpleasant language, hostile attitudes, and other bad behaviors not only create an...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 37, August 29, 2008
Operating room staff skipped a key verbal safety check prior to performing surgery on the wrong...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 37, August 29, 2008
A new study by the Health Research and Educational Trust looks at hospital governing boards...
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Accreditation Connection, Issue 37, August 29, 2008
Hospitals can prepare for their Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) surveys through several methods...