Editor’s note: This article was written by Marlene K. Strader, RN, PhD, andElizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CSHA, a healthcare consultant in Trabuco Canyon, California, and a former Joint Commission surveyor.
In the...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 4
Could ‘one in, two out’ order be the answer to the high costs of meeting federal government standards?
Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump issued a so-called “one in, two out” executive order calling for federal agencies to slash twice as many regulations as they...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 4
Editor’s note: The following was written by Dan Egli, PhD, executive search consultant, quality services, performance improvement, and risk management, The Roman Healthcare Group, LLC. He can be reached at...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 4
In January, Trina Crow, RN, MJ, associate project director at The Joint Commission, wrote in a blog post that long-term care facilities need to pursue oral care policies more intently. While neither The Joint Commission nor CMS cite hospitals or critical access hospitals for...
In NQF’s 2017 guidance to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the organization recommended eliminating around 51 out of 240 of all federal quality metrics used to determine payment in seven federal healthcare programs. This is meant to make the requirements for providers more...
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that patients are less likely to die if they are treated on the same day as a surprise Joint Commission survey. During a survey week, patients had a 1.5% better chance of survival within 30 days of admissions...
The ECRI Institute has published its 2017 list of top patient safety hazards and concerns. The Institute publishes the list to highlight and educate healthcare workers on various dangers affecting patients. The list includes guidance on how to effectively respond to these concerns, along with...
HCPro, HealthLeaders Media, and DecisionHealth merge to form the H3.Group
Together as the H3.Group, our powerful brands combine three pillars of thought leadership, expertise, and application to provide critical insight, analysis, tools and training to healthcare organizations nationwide...
The Joint Commission announced that as of March 1, its surveyors will place special focus on suicide, self-harm, and ligature observations in psychiatric hospitals and units. Now, surveyors will document any and all observations of ligature or self-harm risks in the environment during the survey...
