Did you know Dr. Mark Chassin, President and CEO of The Joint Commission, recently sent a letter to CEOs of accredited organizations about four areas surveyors will closely scrutinize during Joint Commission surveys? The June 19 letter identifies “four high-risk areas...
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Joint Commission surveys of deemed status psychiatric hospitals include a session for B Tag Medical Record Reviews. In this session, surveyors review a sample of closed medical records to evaluate compliance with the CMS Special Medical Record Requirements for...
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Are you a behavioral healthcare organization or a behavioral healthcare program within a hospital that is surveyed under TJC’s Behavioral Healthcare standards? If so, you should have updated your nutrition screening tool by now to comply with the new 2018...
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Infection control issues are high on The Joint Commission’s radar these days. While psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health organizations admittedly do not have the same types of infection control challenges as med/surg hospitals, there are...
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As we track survey results for our clients, we are seeing a recent trend related to trauma assessment and want to make you aware of it. The Joint Commission standard on trauma assessment is in the Behavioral Health manual. It’s standard CTS.02.02.05: “The...
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