On October 24, The Joint Commission released the new National Patient Safety Goals for 2013. The list includes no new goals; however, hospitals are still struggling over many goals, and NPSG.07.06.01-a goal that was new in 2012-requires hospitals to have fully implemented their...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 1
The question comes up after every disaster: What could we have done differently? This is particularly important in the realm of emergency management, where regulations set by government agencies and accrediting bodies exist to ensure healthcare facilities are prepared for the worst-...
Order from Chaos: Accelerating Integration of Care, a report of the Lucian Leape Institute (LLI) Roundtable on Care Integration, was released on the National Patient Safety Foundation's website in October. The LLI was created in 2007 and focuses on identifying new approaches to patient...
Given the prevalence of Environment of Care (EC) standards appearing on this year's list of most cited standards, it should come as no surprise that The Joint Commission has focused its latest BoosterPak™ on this chapter. Interestingly, however, the three standards focused on in the...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 1
Very shortly, AHAP Accreditation Connection will be replaced with Accreditation Insider. In addition to the name change, we’ve improved your reading experience with expanded content and enhanced design. We hope you enjoy the new look!
The Joint Commission has announced that it will expand performance measurement requirements for accredited general medical/surgical hospitals from four core measure sets to six, as part of The Joint Commission’s ORYX® performance measurement initiative, effective January 1, 2014.
