The May issue of The Joint Commission Perspectives contained the top 10 standards compliance issues for hospitals in 2010. Ranking eighth, with 31% of hospitals receiving a requirement for improvement (RFI), is provision of care standard PC.01.02.03, which requires assessment and...
The following is an excerpt from Occurrence Reporting: Building a Robust Problem Identification and Resolution Process, by Kenneth R. Rohde, senior consultant for The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Danvers, MA. Visit...
The Joint Commission released a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on May 17. The new goal, NPSG.07.06.01, addresses the need to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). It's similar to previous NPSGs on infection control.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 8
Editor's note: The following article was written by Christine Levy, RD, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CSHA, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, who has served as the Joint Commission sustainment officer for a 78-bed hospital for the past three and a half years. Previously, she...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 8
The National Quality Forum (NQF) released a list of approved serious reportable events (SRE) in June. The list includes 25 updated events and four new events.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 22, Issue 8
CMS recently announced the approval of deeming authority for the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF), meaning the organization is now a national accreditation program for providers of outpatient physical therapy and speech-language...
