Environment of Care Essentials for Health Care

Spiral Book: 220 pages + bonus CD-ROM
ISBN 1599400855
9781599400853
JCAHO
January 2007
Price: $129.00
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Recommended by JCAHO, this book walks readers through all the EC standards revisions.

This popular and highly useable book charts the EC standards that hospital, critical access hospital, ambulatory care, long term care, assisted living, laboratory, office-based surgery, and behavioral health care organizations have in common. It’s an invaluable tool for managers in charge of multiple facilities. The book features one convenient comparison table that shows the EC standards all organizations have in common and helps EC managers in implementing continuous EC standards compliance. Special features include:

Details on new developments such as the unannounced survey process, the role played by the Life Safety Code Specialists, and how to use the new web-based BBI and PFI
Easy-to-use resource that tracks standards and compliance for all health care facilities
Simple comparison chart showing how common EC standards apply to your organization
All EC standards, elements of performance (EPs), and scoring information necessary for continuous standards compliance
Forms and checklists for preparing for the EC portions of the accreditation process
Free CD-ROM containing an EC self-assessment included!

Safety and facility managers in charge of multiple facilities can use the same EC standards numbers to refer to the same concepts, regardless of the setting. EC Essentials will help your EC managers prepare for your next accreditation survey. You'll receive

An overview of the EC survey process
EC standards, rationales, elements of performance (EPs), scoring guidelines, and self-assessments in one convenient comparison table
An explanation of the new parts of the reformatted standards
EC requirements related to the adoption of the 2000 Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association
Graphs and tables detailing the EC standards all organizations have in common
Graphs and tables highlighting special areas of concern by setting; tools to highlight special areas of concern by setting
Forms and checklists for preparing for the building tour and the review of EC documents.

Environment of Care Essentials for Health Care outlines special EC issues for hospitals, critical access hospitals, ambulatory, behavioral health care, long term care, assisted living, laboratories, and home care organizations, and explains the commonalities in the standards for multiple settings. EC Essentials includes the complete text of the Statement of Conditions, a compliance document, with information to help you understand which settings need to complete the SOC. This popular publication features the full text of the new Statement of Conditions.

You may view sample pages here, including the table of contents and the introduction.

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.

You may also be interested in subscribing to JCAHO's most important publication, Joint Commission Perspectives. This periodical will also keep you updated on any changes or clarifications prior to your survey. 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

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