Always being ready for survey can be one of the greatest challenges, but there are tools. In the following excerpt from HCPro’s recently published...Read More »
Given The Joint Commission’s (TJC) more than 60-year presence in hospital accreditation, Inside Accreditation and Quality went to CMS for some...Read More »
In an announcement that The Joint Commission (TJC) has been approved for two years as a Medicare accrediting organization (AO), CMS outlines what...Read More »
The steadily climbing maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has (appropriately) attracted a great deal of media attention over the last few years....Read More »
Expect The Joint Commission (TJC) to get tougher on some areas of survey, particularly with the physical environment and off-campus facilities,...Read More »
The Joint Commission again has earned CMS approval as a national accrediting organization for hospitals, but only for two years. Expect more...Read More »
In general, both CMS and The Joint Commission (TJC) require education for patients as needed about the patient’s particular condition(s). CMS...Read More »
In the last few months, The Joint Commission (TJC) has updated several of its hospital accreditation standards, but there are no real surprises,...Read More »
