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> From: Trauma-EMS Librarian[SMTP:trauma-l@trauma-ems.org]
> Reply To: Trauma-EMS Librarian
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 7:44 AM
> To: Trauma-EMS Listserv
> Subject: 2004 JCAHO Standards and Press Releases
>
> From: Joint Commission [mailto:JCAHO@jcprdls1.jcaho.org]
>
> To access the standards, go to:
>
> http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/2004+standards.htm
>
> The newly revised 2004 Joint Commission pre-publication*
> standards are now posted on the JCAHO website, allowing
> individuals the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the
> standards before the accreditation manuals are published in
> September. A crosswalk is also available to help users navigate
> between current and new requirements.
>
> The standards become effective January 1, 2004, for the
> ambulatory care, behavioral health care, home care, hospital,
> laboratory and long term accreditation programs. The standards for
> assisted living, critical access hospitals, health care networks and
> office-based surgery will be revised in 2005.
>
> Although the revised standards sharpen the focus on processes
> critical to achieving safe, quality care, the requirements for 2004
> are essentially the same. The modifications represent
> reformatting, deletions, consolidations or clarifications of existing
> standards. However, some Elements of Performance that existed
> in one manual may now be applicable across all manuals, so there
> may be new expectations in some manuals. In addition, the new
> format integrates the assessment, care, education and continuum
> of care chapters into a single provision of care chapter. A second
> new chapter on medication management consists of revised
> standards extracted from the care chapter.
>
> If you have additional questions after reviewing the revised
> standards and crosswalk, see the Standards Online Question
> Form at http://www.jcaho.org/Onlineform/OnLineForm.asp, or call
> the Standards Interpretation Group at (630) 792-5900.
>
> *Pre-publication standards are not yet edited and formatted for final
> publication in the accreditation manuals. Also, the pre-publication
> standards do not include scoring information. Please note that there
> will be NO changes in the standards and elements of performance
> requirements from this prepublication version to the published
> version.
>
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>
> JCAHO ISSUES ALERT ON SURGICAL FIRES
>
> Media contact:
> Charlene D. Hill
> Media Relations Manager
> 630.792.5175
> E-mail: chill@jcaho.org
>
> (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. - June 25, 2003) The nation's leading
> advocate for health care quality and safety today called on
> hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to reduce the risk of
> serious and deadly fires in operating rooms*.
>
> For complete release see:
>
> http://www.jcaho.org/news+room/news+release+archives/surgical+fi
> res.htm
>
> **********************************************************************
>
> JCR Seeks Good Practice Posters Presentations For National
> Ambulatory Care Conference
>
> (OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. - June 24, 2003) Joint Commission
> Resources (JCR) seeks ambulatory care professionals to share
> good practices, experiences and knowledge through poster
> presentations at the 8th Annual Ambulatory Care Conference held
> on October 9 through October 10 in Chicago, Illinois. JCR is a
> subsidiary of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
> Organizations (JCAHO).
>
> For complete release see:
>
> http://www.jcaho.org/news+room/jcr+news+releases/jcr_24_03.htm
>
>
>
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