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Looking ahead to 2015
As a new year dawns, accreditation professionals look ahead at where the problematic and challenging areas will be for the coming 12 months. A good starting point for many is the annual list of most-cited standards from The Joint Commission. This year, as in years past, the top 10 and 20 standards remain remarkably unchanged, continuing to be dominated by facilities-based requirements.
"Hospitals continue to struggle with environ-mental standards [Environment of Care, Emergency Management, and Life Safety Code®]," says Victoria Fennel, RN-BC, PhD, CPHQ, director of accreditation and clinical compliance with Compass Clinical Consulting.
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