The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is a private‚ not for profit organization established in 1951 to evaluate health care organizations that voluntarily seek accreditation. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 16‚000 health care organizations in the United States‚ including 4‚400 hospitals‚ more than 3‚900 home care entities‚ and over 7‚000 other health care organizations that provide behavioral health care‚ laboratory‚ ambulatory care‚ and long term
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laws and regulations (Compliance and Regulatory Compliance‚ 2013)”. For this reason there are terms of compliance that hospitals must adhere to. The Joint Commission Handbook serves as a means of regulation and compliance for hospitals and other such facilities. There are four categories that the Joint Commission focuses on during the accreditation audits for a hospital: Information Management which involves the efficient management of health information and accuracy‚ Medication Management involving
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Accreditation Audit-AFT Task 4 Western Governors University Discuss the current compliance status of the healthcare facility. Nightingale Community Hospital (NCH); a 180-bed‚ acute care‚ not for profit organization provides services in critical and emergency care‚ Oncology‚ cardiology‚ general medical and surgical services and neuroscience‚ vascular‚ level II nursery units amongst a few others. Providing these services Nightingale has held
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Accreditation Audit AFT Task 1 Lisa R. Green A. Compliance Status Nightingale Community Hospital (NCH) recently implemented processes to meet standards put forth by the Joint Commission to meet and exceed in five primary focus areas. (The Joint Commission.org) The primary focus area that NCH will highlight and potentiate will be in the area of communication. NCH is committed to the core values of safety‚ accountability‚ teamwork‚ and community. These core values cannot be met without clear
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Accreditation Audit AFT Task 3 Lisa R. Green A1. Evaluation Nightingale Community Hospital (NCH) is committed to upholding the core values of safety‚ accountability‚ teamwork‚ and community. In preparation for the upcoming readiness audit‚ NCH will be launching a corrective action plan in direct response to the recent findings in the tracer patient. Background information on the tracer patient is as follows: 67 year old female postoperative patient recovering from a planned laparoscopic
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COMPLAINCE STATUS The Joint Commission defines the Periodic Performance Review as an assessment tool created to assist health organizations improve and monitor their performance throughout the year. This tool focuses on the processes that influence patient care and safety while providing the structure for unremitting standards fulfillment. Nightingale Community Hospital is compliant with most standards as set forth by the Joint Commission. However‚ upon inspection and in an effort to stay focused
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Executive Summary Even though Nightingale Hospital has a very detailed Site Identification and Verification Protocol‚ some areas do not meet JHACO’s standards. Updating the Universal Protocol and Preprocedure Hand-Off Check sheet will not only bring the facility into compliance but may eliminate any potential failure in communication between patient‚ caregiver and provider. Areas that require further documentation will be on the following Elements of Performance: A. Compliance Status UP.01
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The Joint Commission Story Delaney‚ Tamara OSU ID 200135958 The Ohio State University SP17 NRSADVN 4780 - ASSIGNMENT: Week 2 Paper 23 January‚ 2017 The Joint Commission‚ formerly known as The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations was originally founded as The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals in 1951 “to provide voluntary accreditation” (Joint‚ 2016) for hospitals. Over the next several decades‚ the organization incorporated accreditation for other healthcare
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WGU Accreditation Audit: RAFT Task 1 Nightingale Community Hospital (NCH) has thirteen months until their next Joint Commission audit. This report will evaluate Nightingale Hospital’s compliance in The Priority Focus Area of Communication using the Universal Protocol Standards from the Joint Commission Handbook. “The Universal Protocol was created to address the continuing occurrence of wrong site‚ wrong procedure and wrong person surgery and other procedures in Joint Commission accredited organizations”
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succeed in their leadership role in healthcare. This paper will identify important aspects of governmental or other agency such as Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) that governs the health care industry or a particular segment of the industry. In addition‚ this paper will also identify the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) role‚ the impact it has on healthcare‚ the examples how they carry out their duties in regards
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