APPROVED
- 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
JOINT COMMISSION FIELD REVIEW
- Proposed standards on communication and culturally competent patient-centered care for the hospital program (see article in this issue on page 5)
- Proposed staffing effectiveness requirements for the hospital and long term care programs (see article in this issue on page 9)
IN COMMITTEE OR BOARD REVIEW
- Proposed revisions to align with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) opioid treatment programs requirements for the behavioral health care program
- Proposed revisions to align with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Distinct Part Units (DPU) requirements for the critical access hospital program
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS
- Proposed standards on communication and culturally competent patient-centered care for the hospital program
- Revisions to the current National Patient Safety Goals using the Standards Improvement Initiative principles 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. (Note: No new goals have been developed.)
OTHER
- Proposed revisions to the 2010 accreditation and certification decision rules for all programs
- Policy on accrediting hospitals in accordance with their CMS certification number
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