The Joint Commission’s Model for New Requirements

Comply with emergency standards by anticipating TJC emergency model for novel requirements.

Healthcare Ratings and Rankings Remain Valuable Tool for Improving Quality as Adverse Events Skyrocket

Despite recent fall-out over medical school rankings, leading provider organizations leverage ratings and rankings by reputable organizations to advance their quality and safety performance.

Don’t Let Operational Challenges Drown out Alarm on Rising Adverse Events

New data on adverse events underscores need for action. The right approach will help organizations improve safety and quality while also addressing pressing operational issues.

Connecting Hospital Rankings and Outcomes: How to Leverage Rankings to Achieve Higher Quality Care

To achieve top performance while providing the best care possible, hospitals must commit to understanding and improving their quality metrics—as these measurement systems are the primary resource the public uses when making important care decisions.

Common Life Safety and Physical Environment Challenges

Chartis experts discuss life safety and physical environment challenges, which are the most highly cited issues during accreditation surveys.

Better Meetings: Better Results

Get twice is much done in half the meeting time by employing proven strategies to make oversight meetings efficient and effective.

Joint Commission Changes Reappointment Cycle to 3 Years

In November, The Joint Commission changed its reappointment cycle standards—moving from a two-year to a three-year cycle for reappointment/re-privileging, or for a period required by law or regulation if shorter.

Increasing Nurse Efficiency: Documentation Simplification

Maximize the effectiveness of clinical resources by streamlining policies and documentation.

Survey Smarts: Looking Forward to 2023

Lean tactics to anticipate the focus of your next survey and avoid dreadful surprises.

Avoiding Infection Prevention Survey Catastrophes

Uncover practical approaches for how to overcome infection prevention-related survey challenges.