Zero harm study finds many struggling to achieve goal

October 8, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 11
Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

Two million providers say they don’t have the resources to achieve zero harm Read More »

TJC, other AOs told to step up on finding EoC, LSC violations

October 8, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 11
Accreditation, CMS, Environment and Facilities, HFAP, Joint Commission, Life Safety

Expect CMS to continue its ...Read More »

Infection control is front and center at annual TJC session

October 1, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 11
Accreditation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Joint Commission

Infection control dominated the day’s presentations, which also looked at expectations for sterile compounding, Legionella control, using...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

October 1, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Accreditation, Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Violence, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

Joint Commission releases quality dashboard reports for ASCs

September 30, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 42
Data Tracking, Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, Survey Preparation

Available to Joint Commission surveyors and accredited ASCs, the reports are designed to help spur conversations about data, performance measures...Read More »

Joint Commission boosts antimicrobial stewardship, falls prevention programs

September 24, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 41
Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Quality Improvement

The Joint Commission is strengthening an antimicrobial...Read More »

Get ready to measure for accurate square footage — BBI is now required

September 24, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
CMS, Environment and Facilities, Joint Commission

Get ready, folks: BBI is back!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 »

Preventing Suicides and Eliminating Ligature Risk in 2019

September 16, 2019
Webinars
CMS, Joint Commission, Suicide Prevention

This webinar will include a rundown of the new expectations outlined in Joint Commission FAQs, provide examples of problems identified in actual CMS and Joint Commission surveys, and photos of problems...

The CMS Compliance Crosswalk, 2019 Edition

September 9, 2019
eBooks
Accreditation, CMS, Joint Commission

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