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Joint Commission Revises Suicide Prevention National Patient Safety Goal

The Joint Commission (TJC) this week announced revisions to its suicide prevention National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) to improve quality and safety of care for patients treated for behavioral health conditions and who are identified as high-risk for suicide.

Briefings on Accreditation and Quality

Human trafficking response program at Dignity Health

The problem of human trafficking has caught the attention of healthcare authorities like The Joint Commission, the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All three have put out new resources and alerts on the problem, in addition to teaching providers how to respond to it.


 

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WEBINAR - Preliminary Denial of Accreditation: Actions, Recovery, and Prevention

Presented on: Wednesday, December 12 2018 |1:00-2:30 p.m. EST
Presented by: Kurt A Patton, MS, RPh.
Register: https://hcmarketplace.com/preliminary-denial-of-accreditation

When the Joint Commission hands out a Preliminary Denial of Accreditation (PDA) decision, you have a small window to set things right. If you can’t get your hospital to band together to fix the problem, a PDA can cost you your accreditation, reputation, and ability to treat patients. And that’s before CMS gets involved. Join former Joint Commission surveyor Kurt Patton, MS, RPh, this August as he reviews how you might get a PDA, what you can do about it, and what surveyors will expect during their follow-up.


 

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The CMS Conditions of Participation and Interpretive Guideline, 2019

November 27, 2018


 

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