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®, August 2007)
APPROVED
- Disease-Specific Care Certification Manual revision to clarify standards and elements of performance, effective January 1, 2008
- Health Care Staffing Services Certification Manual revision to clarify standards and elements of performance, effective January 1, 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.
- Standards Improvement Initiative: Revised “Management of the Environment of Care” (EC) and “Medication Management” (MM) chapters for the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, hospital, home care, and office-based surgery programs
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Development of an advanced Disease-Specific Care Certification Program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- 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
- Proposed revisions to medication management Standards MM.4.10 and
MM.8.10 for the critical access hospital and hospital programs
- Potential 2009 National Patient Safety Goals
- Transplant Center Certification Program standards to recognize the unique care needs of solid organ (for example, kidney, liver, heart) transplant patients