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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Approximately 30% of all hospital reported infections are of the urinary tract (Joint commission: New year will usher in new CAUTI prevention requiremants‚ 2011). The Joint Commission estimates the annual cost of CAUTI care is in excess of $400 million; furthermore‚ CAUTI care is targeted by Medicaid and Medicare services as a non-reimbursable infection.
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Joint Commission. (2017). The Joint Commission. Topics Library: Sentinel Events Policy and Procedures. Retrieve from https://www.jointcommission.org/sentinel_event_policy_and_procedures/ Joint Commission describes a sentinel event as Patient Safety Event that affects the patient by death‚ permanent harm‚ severe temporary harm with required intervention to sustain life‚ suicide of any patient receiving care‚ treatment‚ or services in a staffed around-the-clock care setting or within 72 hours of discharge
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Internal Control Weakness and Corrective Actions Fan Company A has eight weaknesses with the current internal control system. I will name each weakness and the corrective action for each weakness identified that will improve the internal control system to help protect the company’s cast and inventory assets and to prevent unethical actions of employees. The first internal control weakness that I found is the accountant decided not to check the references on the two part time employees. The
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organization‚ 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
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Abstract Joint Commission’s mission statement is that all people always experience the safest‚ highest quality‚ best-value health care across all settings. This certification is recognized as a symbol of quality that the healthcare organization is committed to the implementation and meeting these standards (“History of the Joint Commission‚” n.d.). National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) were launched to help accredited healthcare organizations address specific areas of concern regarding patient safety
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of participation. There are three organizations that can accredit hospitals based on the participation requirements– the Joint Commission‚ the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)‚ or the state certification agencies [1]. More than 80% hospitals in the country voluntarily use the Joint Commission for accreditation purposes. Majority of US hospitals use Joint Commission because it has deemed status from CMS unlike the state and other agencies. “CMS is federal and Medicare payment is federal
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planning must demonstrate this balance by passing litmus tests for feasibility‚ acceptability‚ and suitability. Feasibility‚ the focus of this essay‚ is defined as‚ “the joint operation plan review criterion for assessing whether the assigned mission can be accomplished using available resources within the time contemplated by the plan.” Feasibility‚ as a test of means‚ is primarily the province of the military. The onus is on the military to apply resources correctly and in time to achieve campaign
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Action Plans: Enhancing Training Development for Employees Abstract This research paper analyzes and summarizes three published articles and a textbook that provides information on the results from a previous research conducted. The previous conducted research analyzed and summarized the use of action plans that employers and employee structure to develop and enhance training methods to improve job performances. The three articles vary in the definitions of an action plan‚ the
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13 months away from our next Joint Commission inspection. Although the overall state of compliance for the organization is good‚ there are several areas that have been identified as “Priority Focus Areas” due to a past history of nonconformities. All these areas are related to Information Management and Record of Care‚ Treatment‚ and Services‚ in particular: A utilization of standardized terminology‚ definitions and abbreviations‚ as described in Joint Commission Accreditation Standard IM.02
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