In November 2000, the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (NSPA) was passed by the federal government. The act, which was adopted by OSHA under its Bloodborne Pathogens standard several months later, requires employers to identify, evaluate, and implement safer medical...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 11
In May, CMS released revisions to the Medicare final rule for hospital and critical access hospital requirements. These revisions went into effect in relatively short order-July 16-and required updates to be made to The Joint Commission's own standards to ensure compliance between the two...
First and foremost, it goes without saying that we all want to do the right thing, at the right time, for the right patient the first time, and every time thereafter, without making a mistake or causing harm, ever. And in a perfect world, that's what would always happen-we would take good care...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 23, Issue 11
Identify the standard where leadership will be held accountable for noncompliance Every fall, The Joint Commission unveils updated statistics regarding the standards and National Patient Safety Goals that have been causing the most problems with compliance out in the field. As in years past,...
Hospital and critical access hospitals, here’s something to watch out for: The Joint Commission has posted their field review of proposed new and revised requirements for both programs in the area of leadership oversight for emergency management.
Every few months we like to send out a request looking for member success stories—a new policy, a successful way of addressing a top cited standard, a new quality initiative—that a member has been a part of at their organization and would like to let people know about.
