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.
APPROVED
- Revisions to the National Patient Safety Goals for 2010 for the ambulatory care, behavioral health care, critical access hospital, home care, hospital, laboratory, long term care, Medicare/Medicaid certification–based long term care, and office-based surgery programs
- Revisions for 2010 to the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure and Wrong Person Surgery™ for the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, hospital, and office-based surgery programs
- Revisions to align with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) requirements for the hospital program (see special CMS section in this issue, beginning on page 11)
IN COMMITTEE OR BOARD REVIEW
- Proposed revisions to align with the CMS requirements for the hospital program
CURRENTLY IN FIELD REVIEW
- Proposed revisions to the staffing effectiveness requirements for the hospital and long term care programs
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS
- Proposed standards on communication and culturally competent patient-centered care for the hospital program
- Proposed revisions to the staffing effectiveness requirements for the hospital and long term care programs
- Proposed revisions to align with CMS rules for accrediting advanced imaging providers for the ambulatory care program
- Proposed revisions to the “Provision of Care, Treatment, or Services” chapter for the behavioral health care program.
JOINT COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL
Field review notifications are sent out electronically as well as posted on the Joint Commission International (JCI) Web site at www.jointcommissioninternational.org. For JCI standards questions, please contact the associate director of Standards Development and Interpretation at jciaccreditation@jcrinc.com.
IN FIELD REVIEW AT JCI
- Revisions to international disease-specific care certification standards