This column informs you of developments and potential revisions that can affect your accreditation and tracks proposed changes before they are implemented. Items may drop off this list before the approval stage if they were rejected at some point in the process. (Reprinted from Perspectives®, February 2008)
JOINT COMMISSION FIELD REVIEW
Field review notifications are sent out electronically as well as posted on The Joint Commission Web site. If you would like to be added to the electronic notification list, please contact the Division of Standards and Survey Methods at 630/792-5912.
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Potential 2009 National Patient Safety Goals for the ambulatory care, behavioral health care, critical access hospital, hospital, home care, laboratory, long-term care, Medicare/Medicaid certification-based long term care, and office-based surgery programs
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Standards Improvement Initiative: “Emergency Management” (EM), “Equipment Management” (EQ), “Waived Testing” (WT), and the second half of the “Provision ofCare” (PC) chapters for the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, hospital, homecare, and office-based surgery programs
IN COMMITTEE OR BOARD REVIEW
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Standards Improvement Initiative: Revised “Management of the Environment of Care”(EC), “Management of Human Resources” (HR), and “Medication Management”(MM) chapters for the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, hospital, home care, and office-based surgery programs
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS
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Development of a health care services certification program for services such as palliative care
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Comprehensive Standards Improvement Initiative encompassing the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, home care, hospital,and office-based surgery programs
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Proposed revisions to medication management Standards MM.4.10 and MM.8.10 for the critical access hospital and hospital programs
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Proposed revisions to the Opioid Treatment Programs based on recent revisions to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment’s accreditation guidelines for the behavioral health care program
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Potential standards related to Health Information Technology
JOINT COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL
Field review notifications are sent out electronically, as well as posted on the Joint Commission International (JCI) Web site. If you would like to be added to the electronic notification list, please sign up online by visiting the following direct link: http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/23201
IN DEVELOPMENT AT JCI
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International primary care standards
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Revisions to ambulatory care standards
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Revisions to disease-specific care certification standards
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Revisions to laboratory standards