New research identifies risk factors for physician suicide

June 22, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 26
Behavioral health, Staff safety, Suicide Prevention

Compared to the general population, physicians who die by suicide are more likely to experience job and civil legal problems, recent research...Read More »

Researcher: Coronavirus Pandemic Increases Risk of Physician Suicide

May 5, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 19
COVID-19, Staff safety, Suicide Prevention

The April 26 suicide death of a New York emergency room physician appears to be related to the pandemic, according to the New York Times...Read More »

Restraint and Seclusion: Training Staff on Close Observation Precautions for At-Risk Patients

January 13, 2020
Webinars
CMS, Healthcare Violence, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

This training program will provide information for supervisors and staff observers about restraint and seclusion, ensuring they can meet both the needs of patients and the myriad of rules and regulations, all while keeping staff safe.

Guest column: Review new NPSG for critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, Behavioral health, 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...Read More »

Suicide NPSG now applies to critical access hospitals

January 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, Behavioral health, 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)...Read More »

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

December 16, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 1
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...Read More »

Suicide prevention NPSG now applies to Critical Access Hospitals

December 10, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 52
Joint Commission, Suicide Prevention

 The accreditor noted concerns about the very high rate of suicides in rural communities that critical access hospitals serve.Read More »

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

December 10, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 1
Accreditation, CMS, Data Tracking, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Violence, HFAP, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Leadership, Life Safety, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement, Sentinel Event Alerts, Suicide Prevention, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of...Read More »

Use checklist to help staff clear areas to protect at-risk patients

November 26, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 12
Behavioral health, Joint Commission, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

Ligature risk tops the list of problems cited by TJC surveyors under one of the most frequently cited standards, EC.02.06.01.Read More »

Expect renewed focus on post-discharge suicides with new SE categories

September 16, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Behavioral health, Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

Expect even more focus on how hospitals help patients at risk of suicide soon after discharge, now that two suicide-related categories have been...Read More »

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