Up in the blogosphere with The Joint Commission
- Ambulatory Buzz — 8 Tips for Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Your Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey: It has been a full year since The Joint Commission returned to surveys at full capacity and, as expected, most high-risk findings at ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) are related to infection control, medication management and leadership. My goal today is to offer my perspective on steps accredited organizations can take to avoid a finding in the first place, writes Susan Annicelli, MSN, MS, RN, Field Surveyor.
- Dateline @ TJC — Suicide Risk Screening in Healthcare Organizations: The Joint Commission revised National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) 15.01.01 to reduce the risk for suicide. This NPSG went into effect on July 1, 2019, for hospitals and behavioral healthcare and human services (BHC) organizations and on July 1, 2020, for critical access hospitals. The revised goal is more specific, instructional, and aligns with current research and recommendations from The Joint Commission’s Technical Advisory Panel. Now that more than two years have passed since implementation of the revised goal, we are able to see how accredited organizations are adapting to the requirements. In this blog series, we will be discussing what our surveyors are identifying in the field in terms of compliance and interpretation of the various elements of performance (EPs) related to suicide prevention, writes Gina Malfeo-Martin, MSN, PMH-BC, Team Lead, Standards Interpretation Group, and Stacey Paul, MSN, PMHNP-BC, Project Director, Standards Interpretation Development.
- Dateline @ TJC — Introducing the Physical Environment Department: The Joint Commission’s Engineering Department is made up of experts in facilities operations, biomedical equipment technology, emergency management, environmental safety, and more. Because of the name, our stakeholders, both internal and external, did not have a full understanding of the department’s scope of work. For that reason, in 2022, we established a new name for the department: the Physical Environment Department. In addition, staff who were once called Engineers are now Physical Environment Specialists, writes Herman McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, Director, Physical Environment Department.
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