As we know, suicide risk assessment continues to be a high focus area for The Joint Commission. (See our recent posts Suicide Risk Reduction Tracer and High Risk Areas for Joint Commission Surveys.) Accordingly, TJC will further strengthen its approach to suicide...
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In the July issue of The Joint Commission Perspectives, responses to frequently asked questions from the field were published, relating to the suicide risk recommendations issued over the past several months. Since we’ve received numerous questions from readers...
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The Joint Commission recently clarified some of its recommendations regarding ligature risks in the hospital environment. In the July issue of TJC Perspectives, they published responses to a set of FAQs received from the field. Most of the responses are essentially...
read moreIn our January newsletter, we covered the suicide prevention recommendations issued by TJC earlier this year for non-hospital behavioral health settings. These were published in the January 2018 issue of TJC Perspectives and apply to residential, partial...
read moreWe all know the topic of suicide risk assessment is an important focus of TJC surveys in behavioral health settings — whether it’s an inpatient psychiatric unit or a community-based behavioral health program. You may not, however, be aware that surveyors are...
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