TJC has approved revisions to the standard in the Behavioral Health manual related to outcomes measurement. The revisions require BH organizations/programs to assess outcomes of care, treatment or services by using a standardized tool and go into effect January 1,...
read moreIn our October 2016 newsletter, we covered the new TJC requirements on antimicrobial stewardship. Now, it’s clear that TJC is incorporating a significant emphasis on this topic into the 2017 survey process for hospitals. The recently released 2017 Survey Activity...
read moreThere are some significant changes to survey reports, scoring of standards, and the post-survey response process that go into effect in January 2017 for behavioral health organizations. These changes have been in effect for psychiatric hospitals since June 2016 and...
read moreFor many years, TJC has had a process whereby an organization can request to “clarify” a survey finding. The clarification process is used when the organization believes that it was actually in compliance with the applicable standard at the time of the survey and thus...
read moreIn July, 2016 TJC introduced its new standard on antimicrobial stewardship. The standard is contained in the Medication Management chapter (MM.09.01.01) of the Hospital manual and goes into effect January 1, 2017. At first, it might seem that this new standard...
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