TJC to update medication orders requirements with more detail

February 4, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 3
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...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, February 2020

January 27, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, Patient Safety

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TJC clarifies 1135 waivers, which suspend rules during a disaster

January 14, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 3
Accreditation, CMS, Emergency Management, Joint Commission, Survey Preparation

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

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

January 14, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Emergency Management, Joint Commission

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

Guest column: Review new NPSG for critical access hospitals

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

Suicide NPSG now applies to critical access hospitals

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

Q&A: What You Need to Know About CMS’ Antimicrobial Stewardship Rule

January 7, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Infection Control, Medication Management

The following is a Q&A with two experts at Chicago-based Lumere, a healthcare think tank focused on helping health systems eliminate...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, January 2020

January 6, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 1
Accreditation

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Review your antibiotic stewardship program against latest CoP revisions

January 2, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Infection Control, Medication Management

Hospital antibiotic stewardship programs will become a Condition of Participation (CoP) requirement as of March 30, 2020.Read More »

CMS updates IC CoP as of March 30

January 2, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Infection Control, Medication Management

Here is the revised wording of the hospital Condition of Participation (CoP) adding requirements for antibiotic stewardship. Read More »

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