Editor’s note: Janet Spiegel, MS, is a management consultant who has worked with several payer and provider organizations. She is currently a Lean senior strategic performance advisor at Martin’s Point Health Care in Portland, Maine.
Compliance with the Conditions of Participation (CoP) is required to meet Medicare and Medicaid hospital regulations. CMS makes updates to the CoPs on its website, but few have the time to sort through the plethora of information and identify where the updated information is located.
In addition to other changes, The Joint Commission has eliminated its post-survey category of “Contingent Accreditation.” Now organizations can only receive one of four decisions: Accredited, Accredited with Follow-up Survey, Preliminary Denial of Accreditation, or Denial of Accreditation.
Editor’s note: The following is article first appeared in the April 2016 edition of PSQH, and was written by members of the National Patient Safety Foundation. Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS is chief operating officer and senior vice president of programs, Caitlin Y. Lorincz, MS, MA is senior...
Editor’s note: The following article first appeared in the April 2016 edition of PSQH, and was written by members of the National Patient Safety Foundation including Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, chief operating officer and senior vice president of programs, ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 2
Hospitals seeking accreditation have more options than ever. The Joint Commission, DNV, and AAHHS (which acquired HFAP in 2015) are all well established, but don’t count out the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ).
CIHQ was founded in 1999 as a hospital consulting company...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 2
BOAQ: How big an impact will the addition of EP 12 of LD.01.03.01 make on hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers? Will this require a significant change on their part?
Fennel: This brings the Joint Commission standards more in alignment...
The failure of workers to comply with PPE guidance is a perennial issue in healthcare. While PPE protects workers from infection and harm, it also plays a key role in patient safety: It keeps employees from accidentally exposing patients to harmful chemicals and bacteria from around the facility...
