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Listen to audio replays of the Bureau of Primary Healthcare's monthly technical assistance teleconferences.

09/22/2017

Joint Commission Offers Enterprise Content Library Index

The Joint Commission Enterprise Content Library Index (updated as of April 10, 2017) is a valuable customer resource that contains links to current Joint Commission content, organized into typical topic areas in a searchable PDF.

09/22/2017

Ambulatory Health Care, Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Home Care

Prepublication Standards – Standards Revisions Related to Life Safety Code Update

As announced in the November 2016 issue of Perspectives, The Joint Commission revised the Life Safety (LS), Environment of Care (EC), and Equipment Management (EQ) chapters following adoption of the 2012 editions of the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA 101.

Related Topics: Prepublication Standards

09/20/2017

Disease-Specific Care

Webinar Replay: Overview of the New Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Certification

Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Certification (TSC) is a new level of recognition coming in January 2018.

Related Topics: Webinar, Disease-Specific Care, Previous Webinar

09/18/2017

Ambulatory Health Care, Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Behavioral Health Care, Laboratory , Nursing Care Center, Office-Based Surgery, Home Care, Disease-Specific Care, Health Care Staffing Services

Framework for Conducting a Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan

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

09/18/2017

Hospitals

Facts about Hospital Accreditation

The Joint Commission has accredited hospitals for more than 60 years and today it accredits approximately 4,023 general, pediatric, long term acute, psychiatric, rehabilitation and specialty hospitals, and 366 critical access hospitals, through a separate accreditation program.

Related Topics: Fact Sheets, Hospital, Accreditation Program

09/18/2017

Behavioral Health Care

Webinar replay and Slides for Sep 12 webinar: Medication-Assisted Treatment in Substance Use Disorders

Medication-assisted treatment for addictions is on the rise. In this one hour webinar, we discuss how it fits with Joint Commission standards and hear from Dr. Melinda Campopiano of SAMHSA and an accredited treatment program with recommendations and tips for use and reimbursement.

09/15/2017

Physician Leader Monthly September 2017

Monthly e-newsletter for physician leaders.

Related Topics: Physician Leader Monthly

09/13/2017

Pioneers in Quality™ Proven Practices: Establish your eCQM A-team

Pioneers in Quality™ is a program launched last year to assist hospitals on their journey toward electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) adoption, which includes a series of educational programs. One of the goals of the program is to help hospitals accurately reflect the patient care they provide

Related Topics: Pioneers in Quality, Webinar

09/13/2017

Ambulatory Health Care, Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Behavioral Health Care, Laboratory , Nursing Care Center, Office-Based Surgery, Home Care, Disease-Specific Care, Health Care Staffing Services, Palliative Care, Primary Care Medical Home, Integrated Care , Perinatal Care, Patient Blood Management Certification, Comprehensive Cardiac Center, Medication Compounding Certification

Sentinel Event Alert 58: Inadequate hand-off communication

Health care professionals typically take great pride and exert painstaking effort to meet patient needs and provide the best possible care.

Related Topics: Sentinel Event, Sentinel Event Alert

09/11/2017

Ambulatory Health Care, Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Behavioral Health Care, Laboratory , Nursing Care Center, Office-Based Surgery, Home Care, Advanced Disease-Specific Care Certification , Disease-Specific Care, Health Care Staffing Services, Palliative Care, Primary Care Medical Home, Integrated Care , Perinatal Care, Patient Blood Management Certification

Facts about Joint Commission standards

Joint Commission standards are the basis of an objective evaluation process that can help health care organizations measure, assess and improve performance.

09/11/2017

Advanced Disease-Specific Care Certification , Disease-Specific Care

Approved New Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center Advanced Certification Program

Joint Commission requirement.

Related Topics: 2018 Joint Commission Requirement

09/01/2017

Advanced Disease-Specific Care Certification , Disease-Specific Care

Deleted Standard Related to Performance on ORYX Measures

Joint Commission requirement.

Related Topics: 2018 Joint Commission Requirement

09/01/2017

Behavioral Health Care

Webinar replay and Slides for Aug 15 webinar: Conduct Your Own Mock Survey

One of the best ways to prepare for a behavioral health accreditation survey is to conduct your own “mock survey”. Watch the replay of this webinar to learn what Tracers are and learn tips and resources to conduct your own.

Related Topics: Webinar, Previous Webinar, Teleconferences

09/01/2017

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

Revised Medication Management EPs Across Programs

Joint Commission requirement.

09/01/2017

Emergency Management Resources - Hurricane

Emergency Management Resources - Hurricane

Pioneers in Quality™ Proven Practices:Keys to eCQM Success

Pioneers in Quality™ is a program launched last year to assist hospitals on their journey toward electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) adoption, which includes a series of educational programs.

Related Topics: Webinar, Pioneers in Quality

08/28/2017

Hospitals, Palliative Care

R3 Report Issue 11: Pain assessment and management standards for hospitals

Effective Jan. 1, 2018, new and revised pain assessment and management standards will be applicable to all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals.

Prepublication Standards – New Requirements for the Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center Advanced Certification

The Joint Commission currently provides three levels of stroke center certification— Acute Stroke Ready, Primary Stroke, and Comprehensive Stroke. However, Joint Commission-certified primary stroke centers are not all alike; one third of these centers perform endovascular thrombectomy (EVT).

Related Topics: Prepublication Standards

08/23/2017

Hospitals

Prepublication Standards – Standard Related to Performance on ORYX Measures to be Deleted

Effective January 1, 2018 Standard PI.02.01.03 and its one element of performance, will be permanently deleted. It has been suspended since January 2015 (see December 2014 Perspectives) and will now be deleted because The Joint Commission has determined that it is not possible to accurately calculat

Related Topics: Prepublication Standards

08/21/2017

Physician Leader Monthly August 2017

Monthly e-newsletter for physician leaders.

Related Topics: Physician Leader Monthly

08/16/2017

Hospitals

FAQs - 2017/2018 ORYX Measure Reporting Requirements

An updated FAQ document (dated 08/15/2017) is now available to provide Joint Commission accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals with additional information/clarification regarding modifications to the calendar year 2017 ORYX performance measure reporting requirements along with informatio

Related Topics: ORYX , Performance Measurement, eCQM, FAQ

08/15/2017

Hospitals

2017/2018 ORYX Measure Reporting Requirements

Information on modifications to the 2017 ORYX Performance Measure Reporting Requirements, along with 2018 reporting requirements is now available for accredited hospitals.

Financial Publications

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Accreditation Process Overview

The Joint Commission’s accreditation process seeks to help organizations identify risks to quality and patient safety — including risk previously unknown to the organization — by conducting a meaningful assessment, and to inspire them to improve their care, treatment and services.

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08/07/2017

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Prepublication Standards – Standards Revisions Related to Life Safety Code Update

Webinar Replay: Overview of the New Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Certification

Framework for Conducting a Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan

Facts about Hospital Accreditation

Webinar replay and Slides for Sep 12 webinar: Medication-Assisted Treatment in Substance Use Disorders

Physician Leader Monthly September 2017

Pioneers in Quality™ Proven Practices: Establish your eCQM A-team

Sentinel Event Alert 58: Inadequate hand-off communication

Facts about Joint Commission standards

Approved New Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center Advanced Certification Program

Deleted Standard Related to Performance on ORYX Measures

Webinar replay and Slides for Aug 15 webinar: Conduct Your Own Mock Survey

Revised Medication Management EPs Across Programs

Emergency Management Resources - Hurricane

Pioneers in Quality™ Proven Practices:Keys to eCQM Success

R3 Report Issue 11: Pain assessment and management standards for hospitals

Prepublication Standards – New Requirements for the Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center Advanced Certification

Prepublication Standards – Standard Related to Performance on ORYX Measures to be Deleted

Physician Leader Monthly August 2017

FAQs - 2017/2018 ORYX Measure Reporting Requirements

2017/2018 ORYX Measure Reporting Requirements

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Accreditation Process Overview