The Joint Commission has welcomed Kin Y. Lee, MBA, MS, as its new chief information and security officer. Lee brings to the role more than 20 years of extensive technology experience across a variety of industries, including the technology, manufacturing, human resources, and financial sectors.
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In its annual report on hospital quality and safety, the Joint Commission stated that America’s hospitals continue to make strides toward improving patient safety and quality for common conditions for which people enter the hospital. “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety” presents information on how well more than 3,300 Joint Commission-accredited hospitals performed on individual measures of patient care during 2015.
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The Joint Commission recently announced MJHS, a nonprofit health system in New York, as the first health care organization in the nation to receive its new Community-Based Palliative Care (CBPC) Certification. The certification demonstrates MJHS’s commitment to providing high-quality, community-based palliative care to patients and families in their home.
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Starting July 5, the Joint Commission will begin surveying to the 2012 version of the National Fire Protection Association’s 101 Life Safety (LS) Code—a move that follows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) lead. Last month, CMS published “Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities” to amend the fire safety standards for certain Medicaid- and Medicare-participating hospitals. Now, healthcare facilities must follow the 2012 versions of both the LS Code and the NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code referenced in the LS Code.
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George Mills announced a number of changes intended to streamline the Joint Commission survey process during his annual AAMI conference update on June 6. The moves are part of an internal plan called Project REFRESH, aimed at simplifying the pre-, post- and onsite survey experience and increasing its transparency. The initiative will extend through 2017.
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