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The Joint Commission recently announced a voluntary Sustainable Healthcare Certification (SHC) program for U.S. hospitals, effective Jan. 1, 2024, acting upon requests from health care organizations that want to accelerate their sustainable practices and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Proper inspection, testing and maintenance (ITM) of medical and utility equipment is crucial to provide the safest and most efficient patient care.
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When developing infection control processes, policies and procedures (PPP), health care organizations should use a structured approach to ensure they are meeting requirements.
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The induction, maintenance and reversal of sedation to patients is one of the highest risk elements in all of health care.
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The Joint Commission standards require that health care organizations obtain a surgery patient’s medical history and have them undergo a physical examination, as stated in Provision of Care chapter of The Joint Commission’s “Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Ambulatory Care.” J
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The Joint Commission today announced it is eliminating 168 standards (14%) and revising 14 other standards across its accreditation programs to streamline requirements and make them as efficient and impactful on patient safety, quality and equity as possible....
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