The Joint Commission Story Delaney‚ Tamara OSU ID 200135958 The Ohio State University SP17 NRSADVN 4780 - ASSIGNMENT: Week 2 Paper 23 January‚ 2017 The Joint Commission‚ formerly known as The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations was originally founded as The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals in 1951 “to provide voluntary accreditation” (Joint‚ 2016) for hospitals. Over the next several decades‚ the organization incorporated accreditation for other healthcare
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urinary tract (Joint commission: New year will usher in new CAUTI prevention requiremants‚ 2011). The Joint Commission estimates the annual cost of CAUTI care is in excess of $400 million; furthermore‚ CAUTI care is targeted by Medicaid and Medicare services as a non-reimbursable infection.
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Natural Sciences Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance October 14‚ 2013 Regulatory Agency Paper The industry in healthcare requires that its foundation in leadership is to follow procedures‚ rules‚ and regulations‚ which will help an organization‚ succeed in their leadership role in healthcare. This paper will identify important aspects of governmental or other agency such as Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) that
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Abstract Joint Commission’s mission statement is that all people always experience the safest‚ highest quality‚ best-value health care across all settings. This certification is recognized as a symbol of quality that the healthcare organization is committed to the implementation and meeting these standards (“History of the Joint Commission‚” n.d.). National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) were launched to help accredited healthcare organizations address specific areas of concern regarding patient safety
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The Joint Commission cited communication the core component of teamwork as the root cause in nearly 60 percent of sentinel events. Having structured communication can prevent failures in communication. The use of verbal handoffs has been a tradition in nursing‚ however the use of structured handoffs and has shown to improve communication among registered nurses‚ including in the surgical arena. Furthermore‚ AORN supports a comprehensive surgical checklist from JACHO and WHO. However‚ The Joint Commission
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away from our next Joint Commission inspection. Although the overall state of compliance for the organization is good‚ there are several areas that have been identified as “Priority Focus Areas” due to a past history of nonconformities. All these areas are related to Information Management and Record of Care‚ Treatment‚ and Services‚ in particular: A utilization of standardized terminology‚ definitions and abbreviations‚ as described in Joint Commission Accreditation Standard IM.02.02.01 Maintenance
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Joint Commission. (2017). The Joint Commission. Topics Library: Sentinel Events Policy and Procedures. Retrieve from https://www.jointcommission.org/sentinel_event_policy_and_procedures/ Joint Commission describes a sentinel event as Patient Safety Event that affects the patient by death‚ permanent harm‚ severe temporary harm with required intervention to sustain life‚ suicide of any patient receiving care‚ treatment‚ or services in a staffed around-the-clock care setting or within 72 hours of discharge
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of participation. There are three organizations that can accredit hospitals based on the participation requirements– the Joint Commission‚ the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)‚ or the state certification agencies [1]. More than 80% hospitals in the country voluntarily use the Joint Commission for accreditation purposes. Majority of US hospitals use Joint Commission because it has deemed status from CMS unlike the state and other agencies. “CMS is federal and Medicare payment is federal
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Joint Commission Accreditation Audit Preparation Compliance Status for “Communication” Priority Focus Area Executive Summary In preparation for the next Joint Commission Accreditation Audit‚ Nightingale Community Hospital is assessing the compliance status of each of the Joint Commission’s Priority Focus Areas (PFAs). This Assessment covers the “Communication” Joint Commission PFA. For the previous Joint Commission audit‚ there were no findings associated with this standard. Since The Hospital
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Internal Control Weakness and Corrective Actions Fan Company A has eight weaknesses with the current internal control system. I will name each weakness and the corrective action for each weakness identified that will improve the internal control system to help protect the company’s cast and inventory assets and to prevent unethical actions of employees. The first internal control weakness that I found is the accountant decided not to check the references on the two part time employees. The
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