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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 22
Inside the Joint Commission, November 12, 2018
November 12, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this issue:
Proposed rules: CMS extends time to finalize discharge planning proposal for hospitals, others
Patient safety Q&A: Look to IT for help to resolve problems with patient identification
Survey readiness: TJC revisions to hospital deeming EPs
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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 21
Inside the Joint Commission, October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this issue
Executive Briefings: Medication management Q&A topics include compounding, syringes and titration
Patient safety case study: Florida hospital improves patient mobility, lowers staff injuries
Case study: Here’s how Memorial
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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 20
Inside the Joint Commission, October 15, 2018
October 15, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this issue:
CMS: Increased oversight means even more pressure on AOs to ID problems
Alert public relations teams: CMS making deficiency reports more accessible
Guest column: Take new look at all patient care with eye to stop HAIs
Workplace violence:
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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 19
Inside the Joint Commission, October 1, 2018
October 1, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this issue:
Executive Briefings: TJC says ligature risks, IC, EOC will continue at survey forefront in 2019
Q&A: Joint Commission experts answer questions about ligature risk
TJC: Top challenges in IC, MM, EOC chapters focus on policies, implementation
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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 18
Inside the Joint Commission, September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this issue:
Infection control: Include governing board in water management plans to ensure priority CMS seeks
Legionella: Review your water management plan as CMS intensifies focus on Legionella
Patient safety: How to make flu vaccines for providers legal,
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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 17
Inside the Joint Commission, September 3, 2018
September 3, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this issue:
Survey readiness: Thoroughly review dialysis areas, procedures as surveyor focus increases
Survey readiness: TJC clarifies how some devices will be evaluated for infection control on survey
Suicide prevention: Adapt three-question
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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 16
Inside the Joint Commission, August 20, 2018
August 20, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this issue:
CMS: Agency tells its state surveyors to use TJC recommendations on ligature risk as guide
Patient rights: Video may help improve language access for LEP, hard-of-hearing patients
CMS: Review TJC ligature risk expectations until more guidance
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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 15
Inside the Joint Commission, August 6, 2018
August 6, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this issue:
Survey readiness: Survey looming? Get out in front of known ligature or fire risk problems with C-suite
Survey readiness: Expect door repairs to take time as CMS requirements create parts backlog
Survey readiness: Prioritize repairs and request
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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 14
Inside the Joint Commission, July 23, 2018
July 23, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this Issue
ECRI to take over critical online resource of evidence-based guidelines
CMS again spotlights control of Legionella with revision to surveyor' memo
Review you water management plan against newly revised CMS memo
Bouffant hat
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Inside the Joint Commission - Volume 23, Issue 13
Inside the Joint Commission, July 9, 2018
July 9, 2018
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
In this issue:
Patient safety: TJC urges hospitals to educate staff on spotting patients who
might be victims of human trafficking
Patient safety work tool: Use CDC checklist to help reduce patient falls, save more money
Patient safety: CDC’s STEADI falls
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