This column informs you of developments and potential revisions that can affect your accreditation and certification 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®, June 2009)
APPROVED
- Standards Improvement Initiative: Revised “Document and Process Control” (DC) chapter for the laboratory program
- Standards Improvement Initiative: Revised “Emergency Management” (EM) chapter for the behavioral health care, laboratory, long term care, and Medicare/Medicaid certification–based long term care programs
- Standards Improvement Initiative: Revised “Quality System Assessment for Non-Waived Testing” (QSA) chapter for the laboratory program
- Standards Improvement Initiative: Revised “Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual” (RI) chapter for the behavioral health care, long term care, and Medicare/Medicaid certification–based long term care programs
JOINT COMMISSION FIELD REVIEW
- Revisions to the current National Patient Safety Goals using the Standards Improvement Initiative principles—no new goals have been developed—for the ambulatory care, behavioral health care, critical access hospital, disease specific care, home care, hospital, laboratory, long term care, Medicare/Medicaid certification-based long term care, and office-based surgery programs
- Proposed standards on culturally competent patient-centered care for the hospital program
IN COMMITTEE OR BOARD REVIEW
- Standards Improvement Initiative: Revised “Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services” (PC) chapter for the long term care and Medicare/Medicaid certification–based long term care programs
- Standards Improvement Initiative: Revised “Record of Care, Treatment, and Services” (RC) chapter for the behavioral health care, long term care, and Medicare/Medicaid certification–based long term care programs
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS
- Comprehensive Standards Improvement Initiative encompassing the behavioral health care, laboratory, long term care, and Medicare/Medicaid certification–based long term care programs
- Proposed standards on culturally competent patient-centered care for the hospital program
- Revisions to the current National Patient Safety Goals using the Standards Improvement Initiative principles (no new goals have been developed) for the ambulatory care, behavioral health care, critical access hospital, disease specific care, home care, hospital, laboratory, long term care, Medicare/Medicaid certification–based long term care, and office-based surgery programs
JOINT COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL
Field review notifications are sent out electronically as well as posted on the Joint Commission International (JCI) Web site. For JCI standards questions, please contact the associate director, International Accreditation Services, at jciaccreditation@jcrinc.com.
IN DEVELOPMENT AT JCI
Revisions to international disease-specific care certification standards
IN COMMITTEE REVIEW
● Revisions to international ambulatory care standards
● Revisions to international laboratory standards