May 7, 2018 by Barrins & Associates
Leadership, Patient Safety, Standards Compliance, Survey ReadinessBH Organizations, Hospitals
Are you expecting a TJC survey in 2018? If so, be ready for surveyors to explore how your organization has evaluated its Culture of Safety and what you’ve done with the results of that evaluation. We’ve already seen this occurring in 2018 surveys based on feedback...
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Apr 11, 2018 by Barrins & Associates
Outcomes Measurement, Standards Compliance, Survey Readiness, The Joint CommissionBH Organizations
Many organizations and programs accredited under TJC’s Behavioral Healthcare standards are striving to implement the new outcomes measurement requirements effective January 2018. (See our October 2017 newsletter.) Several readers have asked what instruments folks are...
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Mar 14, 2018 by Barrins & Associates
Standards Compliance, Survey ReadinessBH Organizations
For those of you who have organizations and programs surveyed under TJC’s Behavioral Health Care manual, remember there are new requirements effective January 1, 2018, now being surveyed by the BH surveyors. We’ve discussed these in past issues and are summarizing...
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Feb 14, 2018 by Barrins & Associates
Accreditation, CMS Regulations, Standards Compliance, Survey Readiness, The Joint CommissionBH Organizations, Hospitals
We were pleased to once again attend the TJC Consultants Forum last month at their headquarters in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. The meeting is an annual invitational event and there were 12 consulting firms represented. We heard several informative updates on TJC...
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Feb 12, 2018 by Barrins & Associates
Infection Control, Standards Compliance, Survey ReadinessBH Organizations, Hospitals
Be prepared for increased scrutiny and more stringent scoring of hand hygiene compliance during your next TJC survey. Effective January 1, 2018, if a surveyor observes an individual staff person failing to perform hand hygiene during direct patient care, this single...
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