Joint Commission: Complete overdue PFIs by July 1
Accreditation Insider, June 3, 2014
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Accreditation Insider!
In an effort to resolve Plans for Improvement (PFI) more efficiently, The Joint Commission announced May 28 that it now requires accredited organizations to complete or request an extension for any PFIs in their Statement of Conditions that exceed six months.
The Joint Commission recently reviewed existing PFIs and found that many organizations had failed to make sufficient progress in completing them. This policy affects only PFIs that were accepted during survey. Failure to address overdue PFIs by July 1 will result in a follow-up call from The Joint Commission’s Department of Engineering. If the PFI is further delayed, an on-site survey may result.
To read the article on The Joint Commission website, visit here.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Accreditation Insider!
Related Products
-
Briefings on Accreditation and Quality
Briefings on Accreditation and Quality will help you with all of your accreditation and survey preparation needs. Every...
-
Hospital Safety Center
Improve compliance with hospital safety standards from The Joint Commission, OSHA, and other regulators with this...
-
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
Created exclusively for healthcare facility managers, plant operations professionals, and directors of engineering, this...
-
Environment of Care Compliance Manual, Fourth Edition
This valuable resource not only updates the standards, it also offers tips and advice to stay compliant with new and...
-
Briefings on The Joint Commission - 1 Year Electronic
Briefings on The Joint Commission will help you with all of your accreditation and survey preparation needs. Every month...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Don't forget the three checks in medication administration
- Nursing responsibilities for managing pain
- Steps for maintaining patient privacy
- Q&A: Primary, principal, and secondary diagnoses
- Know guidelines and subtle differences in code descriptions for laceration repairs
- Note similarities and differences between HCPCS, CPT® codes
- Practice the six rights of medication administration
- Poor documentation: The consequences
- Complications from immobility by body system
- Skills of effective case managers
- E-mailed
- Searched