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The Joint Commission Launches Educational Campaign on Adult Depression

The Joint Commission has launched a new Speak Up™ campaign during Mental Health Awareness Month to help people become better informed about the common warning signs of adult depression, how to get the most out of treatments for depression, and advice for how to speak up if they or a loved one needs help.

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05/21/2013

Behavioral Health Care

Joint Commission to Offer Behavioral Health Home Certification Option in 2014

Joint Commission-accredited behavioral health care organizations that are establishing behavior health homes as part of nationwide efforts to expand and improve health services will soon have a certification option.

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05/15/2013

Ambulatory Health Care

Joint Commission Announces Accreditation of DaVita Inpatient Dialysis Units

For the first time, The Joint Commission has awarded Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation to an inpatient kidney care provider DaVita Hospital Services. Denver based DaVita, with nearly 700 sites located in Joint Commission-accredited hospitals across the U.S., is a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.

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Related News: News Releases, Dialysis, DaVita

04/29/2013

New “Take 5 with The Joint Commission” Podcast Series Offers Fresh Perspective on Health Care Topics

Health care professionals and others interested in improving health care quality and safety have a new resource — the “Take 5” podcast series from The Joint Commission, a series of casual conversations on health care topics.

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Related News: Sentinel Event, News Releases, Podcast

04/22/2013

Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Health Care Staffing Services

New Joint Commission alert addresses medical device alarm safety in hospitals

The constant beeping of alarms and an overabundance of information transmitted by medical devices such as ventilators, blood pressure monitors and ECG (electrocardiogram) machines is creating “alarm fatigue” that puts hospital patients at serious risk, according to a Sentinel Event Alert issued today by The Joint Commission.

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04/08/2013

Ambulatory Health Care, Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Office-Based Surgery, Home Care

New Joint Commission Speak Up Video Tackles Pain

The Joint Commission has released “Speak Up: About Your Pain,” an engaging animated video that illustrates the reasons why it is important for patients to speak up about their pain and provides easy-to-understand examples for the general public.

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02/27/2013

The Joint Commission and JCR Present the 2013 Emergency Preparedness Conference

Within just the past two years, NYU Langone Medical Center in New York, N.Y., has had to evacuate its staff and patients twice due to Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy. On May 1-2, 2013, Kristin Stevens, the director of emergency management at NYU Langone Medical Center, will present what hospital staff learned before, during and after Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy’s fury at The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources’ (JCR) 2013 emergency preparedness conference.

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02/22/2013

Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals

Joint Commission to Offer Primary Care Medical Home Certification Option for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals

The Joint Commission today announced it is now offering a new Primary Care Medical Home certification option for accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals.

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02/20/2013

Joint Commission’s New ‘Hot Topics in Health Care’ Urges Teamwork in Transitions of Care

The Joint Commission today released a new “Hot Topics in Health Care” that urges greater collaboration among health care providers in order to improve care as patients move from one health care setting to another.

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Related News: News Releases, Transitions of Care

02/19/2013

The Joint Commission Names Daniel J. Castillo, M.D., Medical Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation

The Joint Commission today announced the appointment of Daniel J. Castillo, M.D., as the medical director in the Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation.

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2012 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award Recipients Announced

The National Quality Forum (NQF) and The Joint Commission have announced the 2012 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.

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02/06/2013

Disease-Specific Care

The Joint Commission Certifies 1,000th Primary Stroke Center

The Joint Commission and The American Heart/American Stroke Association have announced that Trinity Health in Minot, North Dakota, is the 1,000th Certified Primary Stroke Center in the U.S.

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01/16/2013

Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

The Joint Commission Debuts New Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Accreditation and Rehabilitation and Advanced Care Certification

The Joint Commission today announced its new Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Accreditation program, and for the first time is offering a Rehabilitation and Advanced Care Certification option. The Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Accreditation program, which replaces the Long Term Care Accreditation program, is designed to help providers achieve, maintain and demonstrate excellence in the services they provide.

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01/07/2013

Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals

Joint Commission R³ Report Explains Revised Patient Flow Requirements

The Joint Commission today released an “R3 Report” that provides the requirement, rationale and references for the updated Leadership standards that emphasize the importance of patient flow in hospitals, in particular the patient flow through the emergency department.

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Accreditation of Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Marks Joint Commission Milestone

Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital, a hospital dedicated to the treatment of patients with stroke, brain injury and other debilitating conditions in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was announced as the 20,000th organization to have currently achieved accreditation or certification from The Joint Commission.

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Related News: Accreditation, Certification, News Releases

12/05/2012

The Joint Commission Expands Performance Measurement Requirements

The Joint Commission Expands Performance Measurement Requirements for General Medical/Surgical Hospitals

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Related News: ORYX , Performance Measurement, Core Measure Set

11/30/2012

New Solutions Decrease Risk of Colorectal Surgical Site Infection

A project to reduce colorectal surgical site infections (SSIs) saved more than $3.7 million in costs for 135 avoided SSIs. The two-and-a-half year project included seven hospitals and was directed by the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons.

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11/28/2012

The Joint Commission Publishes Patient and Worker Safety Monograph

The Joint Commission today released a free monograph, “Improving Patient and Worker Safety: Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation,” to draw attention to the need to create a culture that focuses on both the safety of patients and the health care workers who care for them.

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11/20/2012

The Joint Commission and JCR Announce 2013 Board Appointments

The Joint Commission has announced the appointment of Rebecca Patchin, M.D., as 2013 chair of the Board of Commissioners. Craig Jones, FACHE, will serve as vice chair. In addition, Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announced the appointment of LaMar S. McGinnis, M.D., FACS, as 2013 chair of its Board of Directors and Clarion E. Johnson, M.D., as vice chair. JCR is a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission.

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Stanford Hospital & Clinics Awarded First Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification

The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association together announced that The Stanford Stroke Center at Stanford Hospital & Clinics in Palo Alto, California, is the first hospital in the country to meet The Joint Commission’s standards for Disease-Specific Care Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification.

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11/16/2012

Ambulatory Health Care, Hospitals

The Joint Commission Offers Free Online Continuing Education Course

The Joint Commission today announced the launch of Strategies for Improving Rapid Influenza Testing in Ambulatory Settings (SIRAS), a free continuing education (CE) course designed for physicians, physician assistants and registered nurses who provide care in ambulatory settings. SIRAS was developed under a cooperative agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The Joint Commission.

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10/15/2012

The Joint Commission Releases Speak Up: What you need to know about your serious illness and palliative care

Patients and the families of patients living with a serious illness or health problem may find help dealing with their emotional, physical and spiritual concerns by turning to palliative care, according to The Joint Commission’s new educational campaign “Speak Up™: What you need to know about your serious illness and palliative care.”

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Related News: Speak Up, News Releases, Palliative Care

10/10/2012

Two Leading Health Care Quality Organizations Hold National Summit to Build Consensus Around Ways to Minimize Overuse of Five Treatments

The Joint Commission and the American Medical Association (AMA)-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) hold National Summit on Overuse to build consensus around ways to minimize overuse of five treatments.

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Related News: Patient Safety, News Releases, Overuse

09/28/2012

Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals

Joint Commission Annual Report Names 620 Hospitals as ‘Top Performers on Key Quality Measures’

“Improving America’s Hospitals: The Joint Commission Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012,” includes 620 hospitals that are leading the way nationally in using evidence-based care processes closely linked to positive patient outcomes.

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09/19/2012

Home Care

The Joint Commission and JCR's 2012 Home Care Executive Briefings Conference

On October 10 and 11, The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources (JCR) will host the 2012 Home Care Executive Briefings to provide home care leaders with information on meeting new and updated accreditation requirements. Held at the Joint Commission headquarters in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., the briefings will also discuss the accreditation processes for the Home Care Accreditation Program in 2013.

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