What to expect from Accreditation 360? It is now fully in effect, completing a multi-year shift in how the Joint Commission evaluates psychiatric hospitals and distinct psychiatric units. While the framework applies across all hospital types, its impact is most...
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Closing the Policy-to-Practice Gap In psychiatric hospitals, leadership responsibility extends beyond clinical excellence to include rigorous accreditation and regulatory compliance. Many programs have policies on paper, yet frontline workflows still allow variation,...
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Community behavioral health providers face a growing challenge: not just delivering care under resource constraints, but proving its impact. Measuring outcomes has long been standard in physical health—blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol—but in behavioral health,...
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Imagine the scrutiny a facility faces after a patient’s death. When this happens, surveyors cite serious threats to patient safety—including the frequency of checks for patients in seclusion and the safety of the seclusion space—leading to a preliminary denial...
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Accreditation surveys frequently reveal gaps in informed consent procedures and complaint/grievance processes. Such deficiencies can result in citations and threaten the facility’s accredited status. Therefore, proactive assessments, staff training, and ongoing...
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