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Designing behavioral health facilities [AIA course]
By: DEBBIE GREGORY, DNP, RN; JAMES M. HUNT, AIA; KIMBERLY NEWTON MCMURRAY, AIA, EDAC; AND BEN SZELA, PE, CEA Behavioral health facility...
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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
- Apr 18, 2019
- 1 min
Building a Safe Environment of Care
Kimberly McMurray presented "Building a Safe Environment of Care" at the Missouri Hospital Association Conference at the Tan-Tar-A Resort...
BHFC Design Consulting
- Apr 1, 2019
- 1 min
Filling the Void
by: Brian Giebink, Kimberly McMurray and Mary Therese Hankinson | This article was originally published in Healthcare Design....
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...