A patient is being registered at a hospital. Registration requests to see identification, which states that the patient is male. However, the patient identifies as female, and the electronic medical record (EMR) only has male or female fields. Which one should the registrar select?
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 9
Two experts explain what new accreditation specialists need to know
The accreditation world can be a perplexing place. Accreditation specialists are expected to be up to date on forever-shifting healthcare regulations. They have to make sure every aspect of their facility is compliant...
The Joint Commission confirmed Thursday afternoon that a key figure in standards interpretation for the healthcare accrediting organization will be departing this fall.
Despite all the time, money, and energy spent on improving healthcare quality and value, there is no “overarching concept” or consistent definition of what constitutes a “high-performing health system,” a review by The Joint Commission has found.
Remind nurses and other clinicians to remain alert for medication errors, including mislabeled products, and empower them to say something if they suspect a problem.
After a customer complaint, C.O. Truxton Inc., a New Jersey drug company, issued a voluntary recall of a batch of...
In a new article in the Annals of Internal Medicine, two Joint Commission executives wrote “the criteria for assessing whether outcome measures are accurate and valid enough to use for public reporting, payment, and accreditation are not well-defined.” These outcome measures are used by CMS to...
Editor’s note: Healthcare innovation involves doing something differently than how it’s normally done, whether it’s a new device, policy, or program. Many of these evidence-based practices, promising studies, and groundbreaking programs are never adopted outside their test facilities. Many...
Time is running out to meet the new emergency management (EM) Conditions of Participation (CoP) and The Joint Commission’s revised pain management standards. The EM Interpretive Guidelines go into effect on November 15 while the pain management standards go into effect January 1.
