History
On this year, JCAHO was founded.
What is 1951?
These are purposed to evaluate an organizations commitment to implementing and maintaining standards set by TJC.
What are site visits?
This program addresses compilations of medical abbreviations that have been identified as the most likely sources of error found when orders are either miswritten or misinterpreted.
What is the ‘Do-not-use-list’?
The abbreviation MTM stands for this.
What is Medication Therapy Management?
TJC is governed by this.
What is a 21-member Board of Commissioners?
In 1913 physicians began advocating for accreditation of health care systems leading to formation of this.
What is the American College of Surgeons
Accredited organizations receive an electronic copy of this to prepare for site visits.
What is TJC standards?
This program was developed by The Joint Commission to prevent “wrong site, wrong person, wrong procedure” surgery.
What is Universal protocol?
CMS uses the Star Rating system to evaluate the performance quality of these Medicare parts.
What are Medicare parts C & D.
TJC accreditation helps organizations receive funding from here.
What is Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)?
This was the first accrediting process to be implemented.
What is the Hospital Standardization Program?
Site visits for non-laboratory settings occur. (frequency)
What happens every 3 years?
In 1994 this became a requirement for health organizations to receive accreditation.
What is the MUE standards?
This strategy provides a framework for measuring quality performance for both Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug
What is The Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Quality Strategy?
The 'Do-not-use-list’ is based off of this institutes list of error-prone abbreviations.
What is the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)?
This is the commission's original name when it was founded in 1951.
What is JCAH-Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals?
Site visits for labs occur. (frequency)
What happens every two years?
This serves to organize the pharmacist’s practice, communicate activities to other healthcare professionals & to provide a record of drug therapy interventions.
What is pharmaceutical care planning?
Although AHRQ and APhA also have websites addressing MTM, this organization's website provides a star rating fact sheet.
What is CMS?
TJC has offices in these two cities.
What is Oakbrook Terrace, IL & Washington, DC?
These were developed in 1999 but were not implemented until 2003 and are evaluated based on therapeutic outcomes.
What are TJC performance measures?
TJC produces this annually for various health care settings which are assessed during site visits
What is National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)?
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is built within this initiative.
What is MUE standards?
In Dr. Tice's lecture, Louisiana what this color on the star ratings map.
What is green?
Within each performance measure, looks at these 4 criteria.
What is research, proximity, accuracy and adverse effects?