Articles

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both

December 16, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newest engineering director, Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, told hospital leadership that life safety (LS) trumps ligature risk. But be prepared to not have a choice.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

TJC to focus on how hospitals prevent obstetric hemorrhage, treat severe hypertension

December 16, 2019
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension are the two focus areas of the requirements that will come online in July 2020

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1

Five strategies to improve opioid use disorder care in hospitals

December 16, 2019
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

A new report provides five system-level strategies with specific initiative examples for hospitals to improve prevention, identification, and treatment of opioid use disorder.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1

Revisiting The Joint Commission’s drug diversion advice, resources amid growing opioid epidemic

December 16, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

10% of healthcare workers in the U.S. are abusing drugs of some sort.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Suicide prevention NPSG now applies to Critical Access Hospitals

December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

 The accreditor noted concerns about the very high rate of suicides in rural communities that critical access hospitals serve.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Joint Commission clarifies ligature risk requirements

December 10, 2019

In a new blog post, The Joint Commission (TJC) clarified its new ligature risk requirements regarding common patient room items and fixtures.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

Review home health discharge planning changes to assess hospital impact

December 10, 2019
Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After four years, a proposed rule, and a deadline extension, CMS has finalized the conditions home health agencies must meet through the discharge planning process.

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13, Issue 12

Do you still BBI? Also, how do you spell survey finding?

December 10, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Cybersecurity & Technology
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

N-O-I-N-V-E-N-T-O-R-Y

While I am not convinced it every truly went away, next month marks the official return of one of the most (in)famous acronyms in surveydom:...

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of the 2012 versions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code® (LSC) and NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code®.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Start Small to Create a Safety Culture

December 10, 2019
Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

We started small. Just a few tests of change led us to establish a systemwide strategic plan for safety and quality. But it didn’t happen overnight.

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