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Perspectives v29#8 Pg01- Staffing Effectiveness Standard Suspended for Hospitals and Long Term Care [ALERT: JCSC, HR, PI] We first alerted you to this in our July RT review of This Month For State Hospitals. It is now confirmed and made official by publication in Perspectives. Effective immediately, survey of the Staffing Effectiveness standards (PI.04.01.01 for hospitals and HR.1.30 for long term care organizations) has been suspended. Two interim elements of performance, EPs 12 and 13 at PI.02.01.01 (PI.2.10 for Long Term Care) were field reviewed until 7/22/09. See Field Review: Staffing Effectiveness in our June RT
Perspectives v29#8 Pg03- Errata for 2009 Accreditation Manuals [ALERT: EOC, E&M] Effective immediately, there is a correction to Standard EC.02.03.05, EP 18, (in the print manual and E-dition) that changes the frequency for operating fire and smoke dampers to "1 year after installation and then at least every 6 years" E&M should read the full text for complete details.
Perspectives v29#8 Pg07- Approved: 2010 Updates to Accreditation and Certification Decision Rules [ALERT: JCSC] The effective date is Jan 1, 2010 and most of the changes are editorial. However, FOLL_U (which is actually a survey type and not a new decision category - See JCO below), is the requirement for follow up surveys to Medicare deemed status condition-level deficiencies and it became effective 7/1/09.
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Perspectives v29#8 Pg05- Clarification: Contracting for Services with Accredited or Certified Organizations [••REF••] Given the confusion around this issue in surveys earlier this year, this is a timely article that should be read by HR and LDR. Key points are:
1 - There is no requirement to verify HR files for every contract service employee
2 - Contracted staff are not required to participate in every aspect of an employee orientation program (as some parts are irrelevant)
3 - Include contract language that defines required contract staff qualifications and requires contract organizations to provide only those staff that meet the qualifications
4- Perform due diligence even when contracting with other TJC-accredited organizations
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EC News v12#8 Pg01 - How to Use Social Media to Manage Emergencies: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and More [PEARL: LDR, IT, IM. Louisiana] This is a fascinating 'Spotlight on Success-type article that should expand one's thinking about the use of modern social media to enhance communication. The focus here is on its use in disasters/emergencies, but the potential application in other communication efforts such as marketing, recruitment and even staff moral are easily apparent. Just don't forget that social media tools require two-way communication and therefore a willingness and commitment to a certain amount of responsiveness. Get your 'techies' to read this article and then discuss the implications and potential with them in a leadership group. The article also refers to a white paper called Social Media … Here to Stay: Effective Technologies for Reaching Audiences that may be a useful primer and background read.
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