Every fall, The Joint Commission unveils updated statistics regarding the standards and National Patient Safety Goals that have been causing the most problems with compliance out in the field. As in years past, the top 20 problematic standards have remained relatively stable, with some slight...
In November 2000, the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (NSPA) was passed by the federal government. The act, which was adopted by OSHA under its Bloodborne Pathogens standard several months later, requires employers to identify, evaluate, and implement safer medical...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 11
By the time the general public hears about an impaired clinician, whether it's a nurse, technician, or physician, it is often too late to head an incident involving that clinician off at the pass-whether that incident is a medical error, diversion of medication, or something even worse, like the...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 11
Identify the standard where leadership will be held accountable for noncompliance Every fall, The Joint Commission unveils updated statistics regarding the standards and National Patient Safety Goals that have been causing the most problems with compliance out in the field. As in years past,...
Hospital and critical access hospitals, here’s something to watch out for: The Joint Commission has posted their field review of proposed new and revised requirements for both programs in the area of leadership oversight for emergency management.
Every few months we like to send out a request looking for member success stories—a new policy, a successful way of addressing a top cited standard, a new quality initiative—that a member has been a part of at their organization and would like to let people know about.
