Suicide NPSG now applies to critical access hospitals

Inside Accreditation & Quality
January 7, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

Critical access hospitals (CAH) accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) will be expected to implement National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG)...Read More »

Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both

Inside Accreditation & Quality
December 16, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newest engineering director, Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, told hospital leadership that life...Read More »

Suicide prevention NPSG now applies to Critical Access Hospitals

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

 The accreditor noted concerns about the very high rate of suicides in rural communities that critical access hospitals serve.Read More »

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

Inside Accreditation & Quality
December 10, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of...Read More »

Use checklist to help staff clear areas to protect at-risk patients

Inside Accreditation & Quality
November 26, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Ligature risk tops the list of problems cited by TJC surveyors under one of the most frequently cited standards, EC.02.06.01.Read More »

Arming PCPs to screen and intervene on behavioral health

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
November 5, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Research shows many healthcare professionals unprepared for conducting screening and brief interventionsRead More »

Who remembers pop-o-matic Trouble?

Mac's Safety Space
October 21, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

In something of a...Read More »

Wanna buy a watch? How about a patient watch?

Mac's Safety Space
September 30, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

It’s been a while (...Read More »

Expect renewed focus on post-discharge suicides with new SE categories

Inside Accreditation & Quality
September 16, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Expect even more focus on how hospitals help patients at risk of suicide soon after discharge, now that two suicide-related categories have been...Read More »

New Sentinel Event categories focus on Post-Discharge Suicides

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
August 20, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

While suicide overall often has been in the top sentinel events, this breakdown includes two categories that split suicide events into those...Read More »

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