The Joint Commission’s Target Solutions Tool™ (TST) launched in September has made progress in the area of hand hygiene....

Don’t forget that the latest edition of the Survey Coordinator’s Handbook will be posted for members on the Website at the end of the month. ...

True or false: It is important to evaluate the effectiveness of your improvement actions to know whether they have given you the desired result. ...

The Joint Commission has added a clarification to standard RC.02.01.01, EP 4, under the Record of Care, Treatment, and Services chapter. This clarification is a follow-up to a request by CMS on info...

Thanks to all who participated in the last Working Group Call....

Has your facility considered going restraint free? Have you succeeded? According to the most recent benchmarking survey conducted by the Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP), ...

Starting in 2011, Joint Commission surveyors will begin looking at—but not scoring—new standards for patient-centered communication. These standards were approved in December 2009 and publ...

Every September at Executive Briefings, The Joint Commission announces its most commonly cited standards for the first half of the year. 2010 is no different, and in fact saw a great deal of carryover...

Several major issues have been addressed or streamlined headed into 2011, The Joint Commission stated during its recent Executive Briefings session in New York City. Many of these changes are intended...

Inside: Life Safety, EOC top 2010 most challenging standards list Are you ready for the new patient-centered communication standards? Joint Commission expectations for 2011 Survey fi...