The Joint Commission promised us additional details on the 2010 NPSG changes in the October Perspectives, and they weren’t kidding—a hefty 32 page version of Perspectives with a complete overview of the new changes is available online here.
Also discusses changes to IC.02.02.01, an article on changes to the culture of customer service, details on “CMS update” changes related to deemed status application, changes to the accreditation survey finding report (details covered at Executive Briefings), and more.
Also, the pre-pub standards were posted to the Joint Commission site last night. Pre-pub standards can be found here.
From the looks of things, the October Perspectives extravaganza is intended as the official summary/clarification of the pre-pub standards. A lot of interesting stuff in this edition!
About the Author: Matt Phillion is a Senior Editorial Advisor for the Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals and a Senior Managing Editor at HCPro, Inc., where he is the editor of the monthly publication Briefings on The Joint Commission.
deborah | Oct 2, 2009 | Reply
If you are a hospital with a retail pharmacy, how does that affect Joint Commission survey readiness? Are there particular challenges? What is the standards focus there?