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TJC: Monitoring High Risk Patients With Known or Suspected COVID-19 (April 2020)
The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued a statement about 1:1 monitoring of actively suicidal patients who are either known or suspected of...
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BHFC Design Consulting
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
Joint Commission Releases New COVID-19 Guidance & Resources for Behavioral Health
Read more for the new guidance and resources the Joint Commission has released for behavioral health.
BHFC Design Consulting
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
Joint Commission FAQ - Monitoring Requirements for Suicidal Patients
Suicide Risk Reduction – Monitoring High – Risk Patients What is the monitoring requirement for patients at high risk for suicide? In...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
FAQs on Monitoring Requirements for Suicidal Patients
TJC FAQ191115 - Issued November 15, 2019 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) (Behavioral Health / Behavioral Health Care) Suicide Risk...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Jul 22, 2019
- 1 min
Joint Commission FAQ - Acceptable Replacements for Solid Ceilings
Ligature and Suicide Risk Reduction – Ceiling Systems What ceiling systems are allowable as a replacement for a solid ceiling? A...
BHFC Design Consulting
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
Public Comment Period Closes June 27, 2019 on Clarification of Ligature Risk Interpretive Guidelines
CMS is requesting public comment on its proposed clarification of Ligature Risk Interpretive Guidelines. This is CMS’ response to the...
BHFC Design Consulting
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
May 2019 Perspectives: FAQs for Self-Closing & Self-Locking Doors & Video Monitoring
The Joint Commission has clarified Expert Panel on Suicide’s Recommendation #1 (November 2017 Perspectives) relating to Self-Closing and...
BHFC Design Consulting
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
Free Suicide Prevention Portal on TJC Website
The Joint Commission is providing FREE ACCESS to Suicide Prevention publications such as relevant issues of their Perspectives newsletter...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Feb 20, 2019
- 2 min
Feb 2019 Perspectives: Revisions to National Patient Safety Goal on Reducing the Risk for Suicide
Issued November 26, 2018; updated February 20, 2019 Prepublication Requirements The Joint Commission has approved the following revisions...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Jan 1, 2019
- 1 min
TJC Revises Stance on Where Drop Ceilings May Be Used in Behavioral Health Facilities
In an FAQ published in the January 2019 Edition of their Perspectives newsletter, they report that: “…dropped ceilings are allowed in...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Jan 1, 2019
- 2 min
Jan 2019 Perspectives: Additional FAQs for Suicide Risk Reduction Recommendations Released
The November 2017, January 2018, and July 2018 issues of Perspectives published suicide risk reduction recommendations from an expert...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Jul 20, 2018
- 1 min
CMS Will Not Convene Psychiatric Care Task Force
Click here to view the PDF of CMS’s statement on not convening their own Psychiatric Care Task Force.
BHFC Design Consulting
- Jul 1, 2018
- 1 min
July 2018 Perspectives: FAQs for Suicide Risk Reduction Recommendations Released
The Joint Commission has released a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that contains responses to inquiries that have been submitted...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Jan 1, 2018
- 1 min
TJC Incidence and Method of Suicide in Hospitals - 2018 Study
The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newly released study of the Incidence and Method of Suicide in Hospitals is a very comprehensive review of...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Jan 1, 2018
- 1 min
Jan 2018 Perspectives: New Outpatient/Residential Behavioral Health Safety Risk Recommendations
The January 2018 issue of The Joint Commission’s Perspectives addresses the recommendations that came from the Expert Panel’s third...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Dec 8, 2017
- 1 min
CMS Ligature Risk Policy Clarification
CMS Dec 2017 – CMS released a Clarification of Ligature Risk Policy to its State Survey Agency Directors on December 8, 2017. In the...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Nov 1, 2017
- 1 min
Nov 2017 Perspectives: Recommendations Regarding Environmental Hazards
The Joint Commission has released their recommendations regarding Hospital Environmental Hazards for Providers and Surveyors. In an...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Aug 28, 2017
- 2 min
Aug 2017 Perspectives: Official Announcement from TJC & CMS on Ligature Issues
This email is being sent out on behalf of Mark Pelletier, Chief Operating Officer- Accreditation and Certification Operations. Dear...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Mar 1, 2017
- 1 min
March 2017 Perspectives: TJC Announcement of Ligature Attachment Point Emphasis
For many years The Joint Commission (TJC) has had “Deemed Status” from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which means...