Joint Commission Updates Accreditation Survey Guides and Tools
The revisions include updated document review requirements, new construction and hyperbaric survey tools, and changes to building tour guidance.
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Traditions Health Taps Joint Commission for Accreditation, Certification Services
Through Joint Commission accreditation and certification, Traditions Health will bolster its commitment to patient safety and quality improvement.
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How Mobile Technologies Are Changing the Landscape of Health Care
Health care providers and government agencies are looking for ways to better understand the patient experience, disease progression, and therapeutic response. In this article, Medidata Solutions' Kara Dennis discusses how Big-Data-driven technologies, such as wearable patient devices, are providing clinicians with unprecedented information about the human body—and thus leading to better disease treatments.
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Joint Commission Updates Accreditation Survey Guides and Tools
The revisions include updated document review requirements, new construction and hyperbaric survey tools, and changes to building tour guidance.
Taming the Clinical Alarm Hazard
With The Joint Commission’s mandate to improve management of alarms now in effect, hospitals are now going all out to inventory their systems. To establish alarm management as an organizational priority, top hospital leadership must set the tone.
Read MoreBattelle Buys Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium
Battelle has announced its acquisition of the former Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium, an organization committed to improvements in healthcare quality. Battelle plans to bring its background in statistics and analytics to the Colloquium’s task of identifying healthcare inefficiencies.
Read MoreReport Summarizes 2014 National Patient Safety Goals
The Joint Commission has posted an overview of the 2014 National Patient Safety Goals on its website, covering topics from clinical alarm safety and patient identification to medication safety and hospital-related infections.
Read MoreJoint Commission Report Details Alarm Safety Goal
The Joint Commission has released a new National Patient Safety Goal to deal with alarm systems starting January 1, 2014. Phase 1 begins January 1, 2014, and addresses awareness of potential risks, while Phase 2 establishes safety requirements.
Read MoreAHA Releases Comprehensive Health Care Directory, AHA Guide 2014 Edition
The newly released AHA Guide, 2014 edition, is a resource that captures information from 6,500 hospitals, 400 healthcare systems, 700 healthcare associations and organizations, 700 government agencies, and 3,000 accredited providers.
Read MoreCoping with Regulatory Requirements for Medical Maintenance
Effective risk management nowadays requires a full-time professional to fully understand and be up to date on accreditation standards and state and federal regulations for every device in the hospital.
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The Joint Commission announced on July 31, 2013, that it has revised its accreditation and certification decision rules for all its programs. The revised certification decision rules are effective immediately.
