The Joint Commission (TJC)
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Good Reporting, Data Usage Can Curb Workplace Violence
The Joint Commission recommends seven steps to address violence in healthcare settings.
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Higher Risk of Workplace Violence in Healthcare Requires Attention
Workplace violence is a serious problem in the healthcare industry. Three-fourths of all workplace violence occurs in a healthcare or social service setting.
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Violence Prevention by Design in EDs
In the increasing threat of violence in healthcare, the ED is ground zero. Given the threat, it is time to start designing violence prevention in the ED structure.
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Conditions That Trigger Healthcare Violence
The Joint Commission recently issued a Sentinel Event Alert on violence in healthcare that identifies some key triggers and prevention measures.
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The Joint Commission Issues Sentinel Event Alert on Violence
With reports of violence increasingly common, The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert emphasizing that accreditation standards require measures to protect healthcare workers and patients.
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ED-based Universal Screening Helps Identify Patients at Risk for Suicide
Can a universal screening approach for suicide be implemented efficiently in a busy emergency setting where taking care of acute problems is the primary focus? Parkland Hospital & Health System in Dallas has demonstrated that it can, and administrators there believe their approach could be adapted for use in other hospital systems.
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Hand Hygiene: Just Do It
Healthcare workers who ignore the constant admonition to wash their hands between patients may inadvertently spread multidrug-resistant superbugs while drawing a citation from a visiting Joint Commission surveyor.
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Compliance Measures for the Case Manager’s Daily Practice — Part 1
Like many things in healthcare, times have changed for conditions of participation and other standards of compliance established over the last several years. These include elements such as the Two-Midnight Rule under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System and the Important Message from Medicare. CMS, The Joint Commission, and other certifying bodies have begun to audit and evaluate case management compliance in hospitals.
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Hand in Glove: Employee Health Partners With Infection Control
An upcoming CDC guideline will emphasize the importance of collaboration between employee health and infection control departments. The first section of the draft “Infection Prevention in Healthcare Personnel” is expected to be released for review in the next few months.
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The Joint Commission Requires Some Information
Courts have imposed a duty of care that hospitals must exercise in granting privileges, and The Joint Commission likewise requires hospitals to obtain references and information from other facilities with which the physician has practiced.