Review security measures designed to stop drug diversion, and educate staff and providers about how to dispose properly of unused controlled substances.
As we continue our crawl through The Joint Commission standards changes, let’s drop in on the changes in the Infection Control chapter. Although the changes aren’t necessarily pointed at the physical environment, there’s a whole lot of content that can—and likely will—be applied to how things...
With the advent of side-by-side validation surveys, healthcare accreditation leaders have quickly realized that they need to be thoroughly prepared for all types of surveys every day, now more than ever.
With the advent of side-by-side validation surveys, healthcare accreditation leaders have quickly realized that they need to be thoroughly prepared for all types of surveys every day, now more than ever.
A new year often brings a host of new compliance issues along with it. It’s important to address these emerging compliance issues, while also keeping perennial problems in mind as well. We asked several case management experts what topics should be on case managers’ radar in the months ahead....
As recently announced, effective July 1, 2024, organizations using The Joint Commission (TJC) for their accreditation are required to adopt a number of specific elements to be included in their workplace violence programs.
Happy one-year anniversary of The Joint Commission’s move to update its time frame for evaluating licensed practitioners’ ability to provide care, treatment, and services from two years to three years. Although healthcare facilities do not have to make the change, many are. And it’s been a year...
Continuous readiness, including a mock survey approach that fully integrates the tracer methodology, is a good way to take a snapshot of the organization’s compliance, remind staff of the survey process so that they maintain a comfort level should an unannounced survey occur, and work on...
Continuous readiness, including a mock survey approach that fully integrates the tracer methodology, is a good way to take a snapshot of the organization’s compliance, remind staff of the survey process so that they maintain a comfort level should an unannounced survey occur, and work on...
After binging the latest season of The Great British Baking Show, it occurred to me that there are (or can be) various levels of precision that must manifest themselves in various creative endeavors—even those relating to compliance. Setting aside my absolute feelings regarding the regulatory...