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Summary of Changes, 2013 Disease-Specific Care

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Joint Commission Requirement

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04/01/2013
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Joint Commission Website E-Alerts

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E-alerts now available for Joint Commission Podcasts - update your subscription to sign up today!

Related Items: Ambulatory Health Care , Behavioral Health Care , Critical Access Hospital , Disease-Specific Care , Health Care Staffing , Home Care , Hospital , Laboratory Services , Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

04/01/2013
Blog

Guest Blogger Mike Dye: 2012 AHC/OBS Top Challenging Standards

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2012 top challenging standards for AHC & OBS programs

Related Items: Ambulatory Health Care

03/29/2013
Standards FAQ

Nutritional, Functional, And Pain Assessments And Screens

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Q: When is it required to perform a nutritional, functional, and pain assessment or screen?  Is this required in the Emergency Room, Outpatient Settings and Hospital Owned or Sponsored Physician Office Practices on ALL patients and at ALL encounters?

Related Items: Pain Management

03/26/2013
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The Power of Zero: Steps Toward High Reliability Healthcare

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Reprinted with permission from Healthcare Executive, March/April 2013, ache.org

Related Items: Critical Access Hospital , Hospital , Center for Transforming Healthcare , High Reliability

03/25/2013
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Sources for Accreditaton-Related Technical Assistance for BPHC-Supported Health Centers

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Related Items: Survey Preparation

03/25/2013
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Joint Commission Primary Care Medical Home Self-Assessment Tool

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Orgnizations that want to elect the Joint Commissions Primary Care Medical Home Option, this self assessment tool can be used to determine to what extent the PCMH requirements are being met.

Related Items: Ambulatory Health Care , Primary Care Medical Home

03/22/2013
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Framework for Conducting a Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan

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A Framework for a Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan In Response to a Sentinel Event

Related Items: Ambulatory Health Care , Behavioral Health Care , Critical Access Hospital , Disease-Specific Care , Health Care Staffing , Home Care , Hospital , Laboratory Services , Nursing and Rehabilitation Center , RCA , Root Cause , Sentinel Event

03/22/2013
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Lab Focus - Issue 1, 2013

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News about the Laboratory Accreditation Program.

Related Items: Lab Focus (Newsletter) , Laboratory Services

03/21/2013
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest Initiatives

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The Joint Commission is seeking volunteer hospitals of all types and sizes from across the country to pilot test draft sudden cardiac arrest performance measures.

Related Items: Monograph , Performance Measurement , Other Measures

03/21/2013
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Standards BoosterPaks™

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Learn more about Joint Commission Standards BoosterPaks™.

Related Items: Standards BoosterPak , Quality Improvement Tools

03/20/2013
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Leading Practice Library

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The Leading Practice Library is a complimentary tool available to organizations that are currently accredited or certified by The Joint Commission.

Related Items: Ambulatory Health Care , Behavioral Health Care , Home Care , Hospital , Laboratory Services , Nursing and Rehabilitation Center , Quality Improvement Tools

03/20/2013
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Audio/Visual files for March 14 webinar: Roadmap to Accreditation

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Webinar on achieving behavioral health accreditation conducted in Spanish.

Related Items: Behavioral Health Care , Previous Webinar

03/19/2013
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"10 Steps to Accreditation" (in Spanish).

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10 steps to behavioral health accreditation provided in Spanish language (diez pasos para lograr la acreditación).

Related Items: Behavioral Health Care

03/19/2013
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Joint Commission Accreditation for Eating Disorders

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Brochure: 5 Reasons to Consider Joint Commission Accreditation for Eating Disorders.

Related Items: Behavioral Health Care , Eating Disorders , Accreditation

03/19/2013
Blog

Your feedback on the PCMH standards – a recipe for success

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Give us your two cents about proposed changes to the Primary Care Medical Home standards.

Related Items: Ambulatory Advisor , Ambulatory

03/19/2013
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Daniel J. Castillo, M.D., M.B.A.

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Daniel J. Castillo, M.D., MBA is the Medical Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation at The Joint Commission.

03/19/2013
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Core Measure Solution Exchange

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A database of success stories from accredited hospitals that have attained excellent performance on core measures - including accountability measures.

Related Items: Core Measures , Core Measure Solutions Exchange , Quality Improvement Tools

03/19/2013
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Critical Access Hospital Project

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The Joint Commission is seeking volunteer critical access hospitals to pilot test draft critical access hospital (CAH) performance measures.

Related Items: Critical Access Hospital , Performance Measurement , Measure Development Initiatives

03/18/2013
Blog

Every picture tells a story!

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This week, my blog is dedicated to all of you, each on your own quality and safety journey!

Related Items: Home Care , Home Care Accreditation

03/15/2013
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Speak Up: Help Avoid Mistakes in Your Surgery

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Mistakes can happen during surgery. Surgeons can do the wrong surgery. They can operate on the wrong part of your body. Or they can operate on the wrong person. Hospitals and other...

Related Items: General Public , Speak Up

03/15/2013
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Joint Commission and Baldrige

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Comparison Between Joint Commission Standards, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria, and Magnet Recognition Program Components.

Related Items: Hospital , Baldrige

03/14/2013
News

Customize safety efforts to fit hospitals' needs: Chassin - Modern Healthcare

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From: Modern Healthcare, Published: March 14, 2013

Related Items: In The News , Surgical Site Infection , Hand Hygiene

03/14/2013
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Challenges in the Management of Opioid-Using Patients in Emergency Departments

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CDC webinar replay featuring The Joint Commission's Dr. Daniel Castillo, medical director, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation: Challenges in the Management of Opioid-Using Patients in Emergency Departments.

Related Items: Hospital , Patient Safety , Webinar , Pain Management , Opioids

03/13/2013
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Speak Up: Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Everyone has a role in making health care safe. That includes doctors, nurses, nursing assistants and other caregivers. Nursing and rehabilitation centers all across the country are working to make health care safe. You can make your care safer by being active, involved, and informed.

Related Items: General Public , Nursing and Rehabilitation Center , Speak Up , Speak Up (Accreditation Programs)

03/13/2013
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