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TJC clarifies suicide risk NPSG requirements

April 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission (TJC) last week released some clarifying information on its National Patient Safety Goal about suicide risk reduction, NPSG.15.01.01, which is effective July 1, 2019 ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Let’s begin again, begin the begin: CMS ligature risks codified!

May 13, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant While I have little doubt that we will yet again revisit the management of ligature risks and behavioral health patients, it would seem that chapter a...

Mac's Safety Space

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Like the dust that settles all around me: I got those low-down TJC FAQ blues

May 06, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I don’t know if there’s anything to be inferred by the fact that the latest updates on the ligature resistance front are “buried” on p. 8 of the May 2...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Joint Commission wants de-escalation training

April 12, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission (TJC) released Quick Safety 47: De-escalation in Health Care earlier this year to emphasize the need for training to defuse continuing problems with violence in healthcare. ...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Depression screening and treatment

April 12, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In the January edition of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, a study named “Not Missing the Opportunity: Improving Depression Screening and Follow-Up in a Multicultural Commun...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Talk down: Joint Commission on de-escalation

April 12, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

The practice of de-escalation isn’t as heavily researched or defined as other best practices. Even TJC’s alert cautions that there’s been little research done on its effectiveness. However, the positi...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Depression screening and treatment

April 12, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and 16.2 million Americans experienced a major depressive episode in 2016. It’s also closely tied to suicidal ideation—a major concern of The J...

Mac's Safety Space

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Keeping an eye on things: Managing behavioral health patients

March 20, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant What, again?!? Recently, our friends in Chicago added a new FAQ to the canon, this time reflecting on the use of video monitoring/electronic sitter...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Suicide Prevention National Patient Safety Goal updated

April 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission (TJC) announced revisions to its suicide prevention National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) November 27. NPSG 15.01.01 now has seven elements of performance (EP), up from three. All t...

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TJC clarifies suicide risk NPSG requirements

Let’s begin again, begin the begin: CMS ligature risks codified!

Like the dust that settles all around me: I got those low-down TJC FAQ blues

Joint Commission wants de-escalation training

Depression screening and treatment

Talk down: Joint Commission on de-escalation

Depression screening and treatment

Keeping an eye on things: Managing behavioral health patients

Suicide Prevention National Patient Safety Goal updated

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