The Joint Commission’s (TJC) 2026 revisions to the Emergency Management (EM) chapter mark a reshuffling of element numbers and represent a strategic reframe of how hospitals approach readiness, risk, and survey alignment.
The Joint Commission (TJC) is introducing a new approach to accreditation called Accreditation 360. In its rollout, the accreditor has promised a modernized, more transparent model that emphasizes outcomes, improves public access to standards, and aligns with CMS expectations. There are also a...
As hospitals and health systems prepare for the 2026 update to The Joint Commission (TJC)’s accreditation standards, one of the most significant changes on the horizon is the proposed merger of the Life Safety (LS) and Environment of Care (EC) chapters into a single, comprehensive Physical...
Surveyors from CMS, The Joint Commission, and other healthcare accreditors are trained to seek and find accreditation violations when they tour a hospital or clinic. And once they find those violations, they have no qualms about reporting noncompliance.
Preparing your hospital for an accreditation survey is stressful, year-round work. Because survey schedules are unannounced, accreditation professionals must always be ready for CMS, The Joint Commission, or other accrediting organizations to show up at their door.
Kurt Patton, MS, RPh, founder and president emeritus of Patton Healthcare Consulting, knows intimately about some of the misunderstood compliance challenges in hospitals today. He catches up with IAQ to talk about some of them in this first part.
