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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Patient Safety & Infection Control > Contracted Staff and Patient Safety Contracted Staff and Patient Safety Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Book: 150 pages ISBN 0866889159 Joint Commission Resources / JCAHO December 2005 Price $75.00 (Amazon's prices are always equal to, or less than, JCAHO's prices)   This book provides you with practical tools and valuable lessons to effectively hire, orient, train, and work with contracted staff while maintaining high standards of patient safety - all with advice straight from the Joint Commission. Contracted Staff and Patient Safety discusses the Joint Commission’s new certification program for health care, and helps organizations: select a staffing firm to contract with; review the contract process; best orient employees to the organization and their duties; comply with National Patient Safety Goals; provide training for all contracted staff, using the included sample training and orientation tools; and, review the best practices from organizations that have successfully managed contract personnel in line with patient safety priorities. In-depth, current case studies illustrate how to maintain and improve safety while using contracted staff to address staffing shortages. Special features include the following: Practical tools and tips for orienting and training contracted staff Strategies for complying with the National Patient Safety Goals when working with contracted staff Case studies that illustrate “Best Practices” scenarios for working with contracted staff Sample forms, tools, and worksheets, including a sample contracts, personnel evaluation and competency forms, an incident report form, and other orientation-related materials You may view an excerpt of this book here. JCAHO's mission is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization, established more than 50 years ago. Joint Commission is governed by a board that includes physicians, nurses, and consumers. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the US. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Since 1951, the Joint Commission has maintained state-of-the-art standards that focus on improving the quality and safety of care provided by health care organizations. The Joint Commission's comprehensive accreditation process evaluates an organization's compliance with these standards and other accreditation requirements. Joint Commission Resources, Inc. (JCR), an affiliate of JCAHO, is a global, knowledge-based organization which disseminates information regarding accreditation, standards development and compliance, good practices, and health care quality improvement. Joint Commission Resources is dedicated to helping health care organizations world-wide to improve the quality of patient care and achieve peak performance. JCAHO and Joint Commission Resources are your sources for guidance as you achieve peak performance on your next survey, improve your business operations, and most importantly, as you seek to provide higher quality health care services. You may also be interested in these periodicals from JCAHO: Joint Commission Benchmark - performance improvement Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Patient Safety - quality improvement Joint Commission Perspectives - official JCAHO updates, extremely important Joint Commission Perspectives on Patient Safety - analyzing & preventing errors Joint Commission: The Source - expands on Perspectives (information provided by the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore /