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BOAQ 2017 Index

Briefings on Accreditation and Quality, January 1, 2018

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Most would agree 2017 was a long and bizarre year and looking ahead, there’s plenty of news, regulations, and facts that you’ll need to remember. With that in mind, we’ve made you this nifty index of all the BOAQ articles of 2017!

We hope this helps you in 2018 and we look forward to keeping you abreast of all things accreditation and quality.

Sincerely,
Brian Ward, Associate Editor

Alternative AOs

• CIHQ forges its way as an accreditation alternative, February/March, p. 8
• Healthcare accreditation: Through the looking glass in 2017, April, p. 6

CMS

• CMS updates transparency and termination notices; Ex-Joint Commission exec calls for fairness in how hospitals are held to standards, July, p. 1
• Experts weigh in on CMS transparency proposal: Balancing public's right to know with quality, August, p. 7

Cybersecurity

• Holding hospitals for ransom; The WannaCry virus and the lack of cybersecurity in hospitals, July, p. 8

Emergency management

• Joint Commission updates EM standards to match CMS, December, p. 13
• Time's almost up: CMS emergency prep CoPs kick in soon, October, p. 1

Government

• The future of healthcare regulation under the new administration, February/March, p. 4
• Trump's deregulation push could spell relief, April, p.15

Infection control

• Breaking down the new HAI reduction goals and how to achieve them, January, p. 6
• Joint Commission focuses on CAUTI compliance, January, p. 10
• Make the most of CMS' surveyor IC worksheets, June, p. 8
• CMS tells surveyors to double check for Legionella contamination, August, p. 5

Immediate Jeopardy

• Immediate Jeopardy: Why this finding can be disastrous to your facility, September, p. 5
• CMS immediate jeopardy follows possible restraint, seclusion issues, November, p. 1

Joint Commission

• Submitting eCQMs in 2017, February/March, p. 5
• Implications of The Joint Commission's 2016 deletions for staff education and training requirements for 2017, April, p. 1
• SAFER in practice; Thoughts on Joint Commission's new scoring matrix, June, p. 1
• Joint Commission elaborates on accreditation reports, suicide risks, and toilet seats, December, p. 1

Leadership

• Q&A: Who's running things at your facility?, February/March, p. 11
• New Sentinel Event Alert focuses on leadership's role in culture of safety, May, p. 16
• Bringing innovation to your facility: Fusing a new idea to an old system, December, p. 9 

Life safety

• What you need to know about ILSMs in 2017, May, p. 1
• Joint Commission EC and LS chapter revisions in the works for 2018, June, p. 6
• Fire doors, drills, and the ED; Joint Commission clarifies Life Safety Code requirements, September, p. 10
• CMS report focuses on AOs’ life safety shortcomings, October, p. 8

Medication management

• Opioids: What do healthcare professionals want and need to know?, February/March, p. 17
• Q&A: What you need to know about compounding medicine, August, p.11
• The Joint Commission pain management deadline is approaching fast, October, p. 5
• USP <800> deadline on hazardous drug handling postponed until 2019, December, p. 13

Patient interactions

• Q&A: The difference between patient satisfaction and quality, January, p. 13
• Gender identity and healthcare: How hospitals should approach gender issues in care delivery, September, p. 7

Patient safety

• Q&A: The importance of oral care, April, p. 12
• How to handle malignant hyperthermia, October, p. 13
• Q&A: How to improve patient handoffs, November, p. 9

Problem areas

• Infusion errors, instrument cleaning lead ECRI list of top tech hazards, May, p. 7
• Q&A AAAHC report highlights top problem areas, May, p. 13
• Joint Commission’s top-cited standards list gives hospitals plenty to work on, November, p. 12

Suicide prevention

• Surveyors on the lookout for suicide hazards, November, p. 6

Survey preparation

• Cover your regulatory bases to provide mental health and substance abuse care, January, p. 1
• Focusing on contract services, February/March, p. 13
• Q&A: Changes to Joint Commission maintenance standards and AEMs, July, p. 12
• High- and low-risk devices are all the same to surveyors; New maintenance standards could prove costly for hospitals, August, p. 1
• Q&A: Accreditation 101, September, p. 1
• Being compliant isn't hard when you have a library card, December, p. 6

Telemedicine

• Joint Commission shifts position on texting medical orders again, February/March, p. 1
• Q&A: Navigating the telemedicine requirements, June, p. 12
• Navigating the laws and benefits of telemedicine, July, p. 4

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