Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 12

Briefings on the Joint Commission, December 2011

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Describe the goals of the proposed changes to the CMS Conditions of Participation
  • Identify key problem areas that will be pared
    • ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 12

CMS releases proposed rule to 'cut red tape'

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Describe the goals of the proposed changes to the CMS Conditions of Participation
  • Identify key problem areas that will be pared
    • ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 12

NQF endorses pediatric quality measures

December 1, 2011
Quality & Errors

In August, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed 41 new measures of pediatric care quality covering a wide range of child care, from prenatal care to blood pressure and physical development screening for youth ages 13 through 18.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 12

Final rule pushes for equal hospital visitation and ­representation rights

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

On April 15, 2010, President Obama issued a moving presidential memorandum on hospital visitation and patient representation that began:

 

There are few moments in our lives that call for greater compassion and companionship than when a loved one is admitted to the...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 12

Joint Commission makes life safety a priority

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Discuss Life Safety's place in the top-cited standards in 2010 and the first half of 2011
  • Describe standards and elements of performance
    • ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 12

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, December 2011

December 1, 2011
Patient Safety

The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 12

Provision of Care standards

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Test staff members' knowledge of The Joint Commission's Provision of Care standards with the following quiz.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 12

Preventing CAUTI and VTE: A national imperative

December 1, 2011
Infection Control

The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 12, Issue 12

Forming a new field of patient safety in the face of healthcare reform

December 1, 2011
Patient Safety

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 12

A view from the top

December 1, 2011
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Editor's note: Joseph L. Cappiello was recently named chief operating officer for the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). BOJ had a chance to sit down and chat with Cappiello about HFAP and discuss what he sees as the state of hospital accreditation in the near...

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