Life Safety Code® surveyor added to inpatient hospice deemed status survey team
Effective immediately, The Joint Commission is restructuring its survey team to include a Life Safety Code® surveyor for organizations that provide inpatient hospice care under the hospice deemed status option. (Life Safety Code® is a registered trademark of the National Fire Protection Association.)
The Life Safety Code surveyor will conduct survey activities alongside the clinical surveyor assigned to the on-site survey. Historically, clinical surveyors surveyed the inpatient hospice setting to review the clinical care in addition to the building tour and the Life Safety Code requirements. Assigning Life Safety Code surveyors to evaluate these complex settings allows them to apply their expertise, which in turn allows clinical surveyors to focus on the quality of care, treatment, and services provided in these settings.
The Home Care Accreditation Organization Survey Activity Guide has been updated to include the agenda for the Life Safety Code surveyor activities; this guide is also available on your organization’s Joint Commission Connect® extranet site.
For more information, contact your organization’s account executive.