CMS Memo As you are well aware, psychiatric hospitals and inpatient psychiatric units of med/surg hospitals continue to grapple with the challenge of eliminating suicide risks in their environment and how this will be evaluated during TJC surveys. TJC has been working...
read moreThe topic of ligature risks in inpatient psychiatric settings has been a significant challenge for the industry over the past several months following TJC’s increased scrutiny of this issue since March 1st. The latest development is that TJC has now published official...
read moreA hot topic at the annual Behavioral Healthcare Conference in Chicago this month was TJC’s update on how they are surveying ligature risks in psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units of med/surg hospitals. As readers know from our newsletter articles and their own...
read moreThe Behavioral Health Care Accreditation manual has undergone some revisions over the past several months as part of TJC’s Standards Review Project. The final round of changes is now complete and will be effective January 2018. Highlights of these final revisions are...
read moreAs many of you know, the surveying of ligature risks in psychiatric hospitals has almost taken on a life of its own over the past four months. So, in follow-up to our June article on ligature risks, we’re providing some timely feedback from clients about how this...
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