For 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...
read moreFindings in the Provision of Care chapter typically account for a significant number of Requirements for Improvement (RFIs) on surveys for both psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health organizations/programs. These findings relate primarily to assessment, treatment...
read moreAs reported in our October newsletter, there are revisions to the standards in the Behavioral Health Human Resources chapter (effective January 2015) that will make the process for “credentialing and privileging” of licensed independent practitioners...
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