What You Need to Know Before and During Your Next JCAHO Survey
With the Joint Commission's move to make all accreditation surveys unannounced as of Jan. 1, 2006, hospitals have been forced to reevaluate how they prepare. It's no longer possible to ramp up preparation efforts a few months in advance; now, accreditation coordinators and other quality professionals must make sure their facilities are in a state of continuous survey readiness.
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Unannounced Surveys and Tracer Methodology will give you specific, practical information and advice about the new survey process, as well as case studies that detail how your peers have responded to unannounced surveys at their facilities. You will benefit from authoritative guidance, including:
What to do within minutes of the surveyors' arrival
Case studies of actual unannounced surveys
Real-world examples of surveyors' questions
How tracer methodology can improve quality at your facility
Using staff incentives to help prepare for surveys
Complete Table of Contents
Unannounced surveys: What you’ll need to do within minutes of JCAHO’s arrival
Patient flow, life safety code key topics for survey
Terrorists posing as JCAHO surveyors? Act now to make your security airtight
Feds warn of suspicious activity at hospitals
Avoid disasters during your next JCAHO survey: Quality managers share secrets
ED is focus of new JCAHO standard: Be ready for questions about patient flow
Avoid pitfalls with corrective action plans: Quality experts share strategies
You’ll soon need to update your PPR every year
Surveyors scrutinize patient rights compliance
Why JCAHO cares about hospital ergonomics
ICPs have the answers for JCAHO questions
Real-world examples of JCAHO questions
Want your QI program to succeed? Keep your eye on the fundamentals
Unannounced survey takes its toll on ED — Will you be ready when it’s your turn?
JCAHO targets medications: What surveyors are asking
Is your surgical infection data misleading? Increase accuracy before sharing with JCAHO
Suveyors zero in on EC, life safety code compliance
Joint Commission’s 2006 National Patient Safety Goals address communications and medication safety
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Purchase price: $199, plus $17.95 shipping and handling.
