Is your psychiatric hospital feeling the burden of CMS regulations? If so, you’re not alone. The National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH) recently released a report on this important topic: The High Cost of Compliance: Assessing the Regulatory Burden on...
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Have you seen The Joint Commission’s two new FAQs on suicide risk reduction? The first one relates to monitoring of patients at high risk for suicide. The second FAQ clarifies the requirement for self-closing and self-locking doors. Both are critically important. Get...
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Have you seen The Joint Commission’s latest FAQs on ligature risks? In January, TJC published three new FAQs on this topic. One is particularly noteworthy since it involves somewhat of an easing of TJC’s original position. So, let’s cover that one first. Ligature...
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Is your organization ready for the revised NPSG.15.01.01 effective July 1, 2019? There are new and expanded requirements you’ll need to address. We reviewed these in our recent post NPSG.15.01.01: Changes Coming in 2019. This month, we’re responding to questions from...
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A new study provides the first data driven estimate of the number of suicides in hospitals in the U.S. The study – “Incidence and Method of Suicide in Hospitals in the U.S.”– analyzed national data sets to establish an evidence based estimate of suicides in hospitals...
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