| Subject: | TJC Revisions & Updates to Hospital Standards Includes New HR Standard |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Thu, 5 Feb 2009 - 06:00 am |
| The Joint Commission recently issued new and revised standards and Elements of Performance for Hospital programs in preparation for the submission of its application for continued deemed status from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The new and revised standards are effective as of January 1 2009 but will not be scored until July 2009.Included in the revisions is a new Human Resources standard, HR.01.01.01, which states that Hospitals using TJC for deemed... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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