Coming in April: Instructions for joining The Joint Commission NHSN Group
In April, The Joint Commission will send an email to acute care hospitals with information about joining the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Group. The email will be sent to the primary accreditation contact and/or the ORYX® contact listed on the organization’s secure Joint Commission Connect® extranet site.
As announced in January, beginning July 1, 2024, acute care hospitals with ORYX performance measurement requirements that are required to participate in the NHSN system through a U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) program, must join The Joint Commission NHSN Group. Participation in The Joint Commission NHSN Group is optional for critical access hospitals where participation in CMS programs is not required.
The following is a timeline of sign-up tasks:
- April 2024: Hospitals will receive a survey via e-mail to indicate their appointed NHSN facility administrator and provide contact information for that individual. This survey should be completed no later than April 29, 2024.
- May 2024: An e-mail with NHSN Group joining instructions will be sent to the designated NHSN facility administrator; instructions also will be posted on the hospital’s Joint Commission Connect extranet site or the ORYX Performance Measurement Resources page.
- May-June 2024: Hospitals will join the Joint Commission NHSN group and accept the Confer Rights Template.
- July 1, 2024: Enrollment in The Joint Commission NHSN Group must be complete.
Make sure that @jointcommission.org is in your safe sender email list. If you don’t receive an email by the second week in April, contact your organization’s internal information technology staff to verify that the email is not blocked by a firewall. If this fails to locate the email, contact the ; include your healthcare organization’s ID number in the email.
Additional information on the Joint Commission NHSN Group is available via the ORYX FAQs or the NHSN Group for The Joint Commission page.