Medical Executive Committee Reporting Requirements
What are the Medical Executive Committee reporting requirements? Which committees or teams are required to report to them? What Are The Medical …
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The Importance of a Preparatory Survey
Kurt Patton, MS, RPh, President Emeritus at Patton Healthcare Consulting, recently shared his insights on the importance of a preparatory survey. Read …
Medical Record Documentation
What is the appropriate time frame for completing medical record documentation? Is it acceptable to back time certain charting information? For …
Why Do You Need A Mock Survey?
In 2022, nearly half of the nation’s hospitals ended the year in the red. With budgets under pressure, healthcare organizations have been forced to …
Joint Commission Advisory Group Update
The Joint Commission Advisory Group issued new updates for upcoming surveys and temporary staffing training requirements.
Medication Storage
These two Joint Commission consistent interpretation highlights describe medication storage requirements that are important to consider.
Medical Staff Tracer Tools
The new medical staff tracer tools provide the medical staff with a structured process and standardized approach for conducting a tracer.
Discrepancies Between Preoperative & Postoperative Diagnosis
A recent Perspectives column discusses PI.01.01.01, EP 4. It requires hospitals to collect data on significant discrepancies between preoperative and …
Remote Survey Technology
Is remote survey technology allowed for conducting surveys? In fact, TJC noted at the consultant’s forum that they used remote survey technology for a …
Accreditation Surveys Resume
As accreditation surveys resume and with COVID-19 cases increasing in many states, TJC detailed additional information about how they will handle the …