Joint Commission

“All people always experience the safest, highest quality, best-value health care across all settings.” ~ Joint Commission Vision~ The Joint Commission is a company that you must earn an accreditation from. Which means you have to uphold high standards of patient care in order to obtain accreditation from them. The Joint Commission helps health care organizations measure, assess and improve performance. They are there to make sure that the best medical care standards are upheld in various…

The Joint Commission and Patient Safety For more than twenty-five years, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO), which is renamed as The Joint Commission (TJC), has published every year The Patient Safety Goals to be implemented by all healthcare institutions nationwide. In 2009, TJC established the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Health Care. As the quality-improvement arm of TJC, the center embarked in addressing patient safety problems in…

If following the recommendations of the Joint Commission, the RCA for Mr. B’s care would include 24 questions about the scenario and then after answering and filling in the data each would be identified as a root cause or not. For the intention of this paper, and considering lack of essential data with this scenario, the paper will just move in sequence order of events as presented. First thing to take into consideration is Mr. B’s vital signs, physical assessment, and previous health…

Documentation requirements for JCAH The Joint Commission established in 1975 accredits more than 80% hospitals in the United States through a deemed status agreement with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) the commission specifically addresses the requirements for maintenance, testing and inspection of fire safety equipment and building features. It requires concise documentation for the Name of the activity, date of the event, required the frequency of the activity, name and…

have decided to utilize the CMS standard 482.23(c)(6). I will discuss how I will put into practice this procedure in order to meet the conditions of CMS and the Joint Commission. I will discuss how I will incorporate this new fingerprint device for nurses on the bedside in accordance with CMS and the Joint Commission. The Joint Commission and CMS standard 482.23(c)(6) is defined as “The hospital may allow a patient (or his or her caregiver/support person where appropriate) to self-administer…

Association, the Canadian Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals was formed having its own identity and had an intentional purpose to ensure they provided accreditation in a voluntary manner. In 1952 Edwin Crosby accepted the initial office of the director of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Then in 1953 the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals started offering accreditation through them instead…

Receiving an accreditation in joint commission helps the organization understand the importance of health and safety care by providing quality care. Based on the organizations survey they can then determine which accreditations are right for them. According to the joint commission there are many benefits that are entailed with this accreditation starting with patient safety, community confidence, competitive edge a decreased risk of reduction and liability costs (TJC, 2018). Illustrating that…

As the new administrator of Golden Oaks Nursing Home, you have been approached by the facility owner and asked to prepare a report discussing your recommendation as to whether the facility should seek accreditation by The Joint Commission. Golden Oaks is a 120-bed skilled nursing facility located in a midsized city and has four competitors within a five-mile radius. Three of those competitors have been in business for less than five years and have new buildings with upgraded furnishings. Your…

a major health concern. According to Blais and Hayes (2016), workplace violence may consist of a violent act or the threat of violence against workers and can consist of physical assault and homicide, as well as threats and verbal abuse. The Joint Commission has reported an increase of nearly three times as many incidences of workplace violence in the past five years. The acts of violence are usually committed by disgruntled customers or clients and disgruntled employees. After reading the…

Organizational Assessment The facility I chose is one I am familiar with as I worked there for over 5 months. Meridian Behavioral Health is a large facility that employs over 1000 employees and services 12 North Florida counties. The facility was founded in the 1960’s, it is a nonprofit, private organization. Programs and Services Meridian Behavioral Health provides the community with mental health and substance abuse treatment. The treatment provided include outpatient therapy both group and…