As discussed in previous articles, the TJC Behavioral Health standards have a specific standard in the Care, Treatment, and Services chapter on trauma assessment. It is standard CTS.02.02.05 (added in 2011): “The organization identifies individuals served who...
read moreThe April issue of TJC Perspectives has the Top 10 compliance issues for all programs including hospitals and behavioral health organizations. There are no surprises here. For hospitals, once again, the majority of findings are in the Life Safety and Environment of...
read moreFor a few years now, TJC surveyors have been conducting suicide prevention tracers when applicable to the setting they are surveying. This is known as a “program specific tracer.” We recently had a client that had this type of tracer during their survey. We talked...
read moreMore Q&A on the New BH Human Resources Management Chapter As reported in earlier editions of our newsletter, the standards in the new Human Resources Management chapter in the 2015 Behavioral Health Care manual went into effect on January 1. Since then, many...
read moreEvaluating the Culture of Safety and Quality in your Organization Since 2009, the TJC Leadership chapter has contained the requirement for organizations to evaluate their culture of safety and quality. The standard is LD.03.01.01 Element of Performance #1 in both the...
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