Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 3

Close the loop on test results

February 4, 2020
Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety

By Brian Ward

In December, The Joint Commission (TJC) released Quick Safety Issue 52: Advancing Safety With Closed-Loop Communication of Test Results. Closed-loop communication means that every test result is sent, received, and addressed in a timely manner, and the patient is notified of...

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 3

TJC to update medication orders requirements with more detail

February 4, 2020
Accreditation, Joint Commission, Medication Management

By A.J. Plunkett

The Joint Commission (TJC) is revising its medication management standards, requiring clear and accurate medication orders—catching up to what surveyors have been scoring for some time now.

The changes were in standards...

Accreditation Insider

TJC clarifies 1135 waivers, which suspend rules during a disaster

January 14, 2020
Accreditation, CMS, Emergency Management, Joint Commission, Survey Preparation

Joint Commission–accredited hospitals and CAHs must have a process for requesting an 1135 waiver from CMS

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 2

Clarification: 1135 waivers, temporary suspension of rules during a disaster

January 14, 2020
Accreditation, CMS, Emergency Management, Joint Commission

Joint Commission–accredited hospitals and CAHs must have a process for requesting an 1135 waiver from CMS

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 2

Guest column: Review new NPSG for critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Accreditation, Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, Suicide Prevention

This article reviews the importance of NPSG.15.01.01, element of performance (EP) 1, which has two separate sections with a very important difference.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 2

Suicide NPSG now applies to critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Accreditation, Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, Suicide Prevention

Critical access hospitals (CAH) accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) will be expected to implement National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) standard NPSG.15.01.01 starting July 1, 2020.

Accreditation Insider

Joint Commission Portal Addresses Nurse Burnout

January 7, 2020
Burnout, Joint Commission, Quality Improvement

It’s not a new problem. According to a 2016 study from the Mayo Clinic, at least 15%–20% of adults in the U.S. report high levels of stress. 

Accreditation Insider

Will you create TJC’s next Emergency Preparedness poster?

December 17, 2019
Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Joint Commission

Selected posters will be exhibited at the Emergency Management Standards Base Camp on April 21, and at the 2020 Emergency Preparedness Conference  on April 21 and 23.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both

December 16, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Joint Commission, Life Safety, Suicide Prevention

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newest engineering director, Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, told hospital leadership that life safety (LS) trumps ligature risk. But be prepared to not have a choice.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

TJC to focus on how hospitals prevent obstetric hemorrhage, treat severe hypertension

December 16, 2019
Joint Commission, Maternal mortality, Patient Safety

Obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension are the two focus areas of the requirements that will come online in July 2020

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