title: The Joint Commission update for peri-operative services-2009.
abstract: As part of its continuous quality improvement efforts, The Joint Commission began a standards improvement initiative (SII) in October 2006, the result of which will be "felt" by most accredited organizations (ambulatory care organizations, critical access hospitals, home care, hospitals, and office-based surgery) on January 1, 2009. The remaining organizations (behavioral health, laboratory, and long-term care) will go through a similar experience on January 1, 2010. The essence of SII was the changes made by The Joint Commission through consolidating, rewording, revising, and restructuring of chapters, standards, and elements of performance (EPs). Although few new standards have actually been added, there are nuances that, if not noted, may cause considerable difficulty to organizations during upcoming accreditation surveys. This article discusses SII and the standards and EPs that impact and pose "opportunities for improvement" for peri-operative services.
authors.affiliation: Healthcare Transformation Support, Perot Systems' Clinical Solutions Center, Plano, TX 75075, USA. kathleen.catalano@ps.net
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Catalano
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000592:standards; D004630:Emergencies; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007857:Leadership; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000592:standards; D028701:Patient Rights; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States