Accreditation Articles by Topic: Tracer Methodology

Maintain survey readiness: A primer

• 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...

MS.01.01.01: A step forward or a return to older methods?

• 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...

Standard of the month: Making tracers work for you

• 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...

Scoring guidelines released for revised Joint Commission standards

• Accreditation Connection, Issue 17, April 10, 2009

  Accreditation professionals across the country have known for months that revisions to Joint...

Hospital prepares for accreditation survey, sheds troubled past

• Accreditation Connection, Issue 17, April 10, 2009

  For a number of years, Nassau University Medical Center in Long Island, has been beset upon by...

Clarifying processes for patient identifiers

• Accreditation Connection, Issue 9, February 27, 2009

  Q. Our cardiopulmonary staff members have a short period of time to perform EKGs on patients coming...

Florida hospital system weathers survey surprises

• Accreditation Connection, Issue 6, February 6, 2009

  One survey. Five hospitals. More than 40 ambulatory and outpatient locations. When Joint Commission...

Mock surveys make a difference in staff education

• 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...

Preparation pays off for hospital survey

• Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 6, June 1, 2008

  Being in constant compliance with regulatory standards is one goal for hospitals everywhere. But...

The evolution of mock survey tracers

• Accreditation Connection, Issue 45, November 2, 2007

  For facilities that had their most recent announced Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) survey in...

Tracers, Universal Protocol focus in survey

• Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2007

  Patient tracers have become a primary tool for surveyors during unannounced surveys, making the use...

Patient safety, med management, and communication comprised recent survey

• Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 8, August 1, 2007

  During Northwestern Memorial Hospital's five-day unannounced survey this past spring, surveyors...

This CEO goes on mock tracers, and yours should, too

• Briefings on The Joint Commission, Issue 11, November 1, 2006

  For the past four months, Memorial Hospital CEO Gary Marchand has been conducting mock patient...

Sample questions for an infection control mock tracer

• Accreditation Connection, Issue 36, October 3, 2005

  Sample questions for an infection control mock tracer