Accreditation

During the 2021 Executive Briefing session, Ana Pujols McKee, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer, chief...Read More »

Develop an onboarding education program for new hospital governing board members that emphasizes each member’s responsibility to ensure safety and...Read More »

TJC is increasing its number of LS surveyors and they are all being trained that nothing can hang from or even touch sprinkler pipes unless it is...Read More »

The Joint Commission (TJC) is training new life safety surveyors as fast as it can, wants to trim accreditation requirements that increase burden...Read More »

Review your Environment of Care (EC) and Life Safety (LS) policies and procedures now that The Joint Commission has issued another ...Read More »

Credentialing teams face the prospect of more and more problematic physicians applying for jobs. How can these teams do their part to ensure an...Read More »

There will be fewer requirements for accreditation from The Joint Commission (TJC) in the near future. The commission is conducting what new TJC...Read More »

I have an absolutely clear...Read More »

Nursing homes struggling to get uncertified temporary nurse aides (TNA) trained to federal training requirements by the Oct. 7 deadline now have...Read More »

Hospitals are now battling both monkeypox and COVID-19 as twin health emergencies, but CMS has signaled that the waivers and flexibilities allowed...Read More »