Joint Commission

Find a pharmacist, provider, or infection preventionist (IP) with a good grounding in antibiotic stewardship to tackle the responsibilities and...Read More »

It’s time to review and revamp your pneumonia prevention policies. A collaboration of healthcare organizations has updated their pneumonia...Read More »

Lauris Freidenfelds, senior project manager for Telgian Engineering & Consulting, says there are many takeaways from the new...Read More »

For the third time, CMS has revised its June 2021 ...Read More »

The Joint Commission’s newly reorganized and revised Emergency Management standards do not address crisis of care standards now, but the...Read More »

Now that we’ve turned full on into July (I’m parched just thinking about it), The Joint Commission survey process is going to (at least for a time...Read More »

In this week’s installment, our friends in Chicago have sharpened their pencils (and placed them in a safe place once their edits were completed)...Read More »

CMS approved The Joint Commission’s (TJC) hospital accreditation program for just another three years. If not for the pandemic, that time span...Read More »

As previously reported, The Joint Commission unveiled new and revised workplace violence (WPV) prevention requirements effective January 1, 2022....Read More »

Even if your facility does not regularly handle labor and delivery, be sure to include the emergency department (ED) in planning and education to...Read More »