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®, March 2008)
APPROVED
- 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, home care, hospital, and office-based surgery programs
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.
- Standards Improvement Initiative: “Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Infection” (IC), “Management of Information” (IM), and “Improving Organization Performance” (PI) chapters for the behavioral health care, long term care, Medicare/Medicaid certification-based long term care, and laboratory programs
- Standards Improvement Initiative: “Nursing” (NR), “Transplantation Safety” (TS), and“Documentation of Care” (DC) chapters for the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, home care, hospital, and office-based surgery programs
- Proposed revisions to Standards MM.4.10 and MM.8.10 for the critical access hospital and hospital programs
- Proposed requirements for health care services certification in palliative care
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS
- Development of a health care services certification program for services such as palliative care
- Comprehensive Standards Improvement Initiative encompassing the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, home care, hospital,and office-based surgery programs
- Comprehensive Standards Improvement Initiative encompassing the behavioral healthcare, long term care, Medicare/Medicaid certification-based long term care, and laboratory programs
- Proposed revisions to medication management Standards MM.4.10 and MM.8.10 for the critical access hospital and hospital programs
- 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
- Potential standards related to Health Information Technology
- Development of new Distinct Part Units (DPU) requirements for the critical access hospital program
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
- International primary care standards
- Revisions to ambulatory care standards
- Revisions to disease-specific care certification standards
- Revisions to laboratory standards