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®, February 2009)
ACCEPTED
- Modifications to standards for the critical access hospital program corresponding to recently revised Medicare Conditions of Participation
- Modifications to standards for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies corresponding to recently revised Medicare Quality Standards
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 “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 “Medication Management” (MM) chapter for the behavioral health care program
- Standards Improvement Initiative: Revised “Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services” (PC) chapter for the behavioral health care, 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 “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
- 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
IN COMMITTEE OR BOARD REVIEW
- Modifications to standards for ambulatory surgical center deemed status corresponding to recently revised Medicare Conditions for Coverage
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
- Comprehensive Standards Improvement Initiative encompassing the behavioral health care, laboratory, long term care, and Medicare/Medicaid certification-based long term care programs
- Potential standards related to Health Information Technology
- Proposed standards on culturally competent patient-centered care for the hospital program
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