JCAHO Leadership Council - Healthcare Professionals

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JCAHO Update

John D. Crossley, RN, PhD

Why do Residents care about

JCAHO

It is required that an academic medical center with a residency training program be accredited.

 The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

Institutional Requirements state: 'Institutions sponsoring participating

GME programs should be accredited by the JCAHO, if such institutions are eligible.

 If an institution is eligible for JCAHO accreditation and chooses not to undergo such accreditation, then the institution should be reviewed by and meet the standards of another recognized body with reasonably equivalent standards. If the institution is not accredited, it must provide a satisfactory explanation of why accreditation has not been either granted or sought.'

 ACGME notes that certain specialty training programs , like general surgery should be conducted in institutions accredited by JCAHO.

http://www.aha.org/aha/key_issues/patient_safety/accreditation/

Why do residents care about

JCAHO

A hospital or health system that does not have deemed status is able to participate in Federal health care programs such as Medicare – which funds GME- but:

If a hospital or health system chooses not to be accredited by either the JCAHO or the American Osteopathic

Association, the organization will be subject to periodic surveys by personnel of the respective state agency that licenses hospitals and other health care facilities (or its equivalent). The results of such surveys will serve to determine whether a hospital or health care system is eligible to participate in such Federal programs as Medicare.

http://www.aha.org/aha/key_issues/patient_safety/accreditation /

The Old JCAHO

 Scheduled months in advance

 Primarily a retrospective review

 Small teams of part-time surveyors with limited training

 Unstructured care area visits

 Focus on prior survey reports

 Tailored primarily to national highvolume diagnoses

The New JCAHO

 No scheduled surveys

 Minimal retrospective review

 Larger teams of full-time surveyors with extensive training

 Tracer methodology

 Global priority focus areas

 Tailored to current inpatient census

Previous Survey Process

 Structured, based on physical patient care areas

 Uniform across all organizations surveyed

 Unit/clinic visits tightly scheduled and controlled

 Primarily managerial staff participation in survey

 Main focus on policies and procedures

New Survey Process

Tracer Methodology

 Process-driven, directed by priority focus areas

 Customized to the individual health care organization

 Surveys follow provision of services across physical and programmatic boundaries

 Multi-level staff participation

 Main focus on actual care delivery

Priority Focus Areas

 Each standard relates to one or more priority focus area

 “Processes, systems, or structures in a health care organization that significantly impact the quality and

safety of care.” 2005 CAMH

 Serve to integrate chapter elements of the accreditation standards

JCAHO hospital safety goals

Goal: Improve the accuracy of patient identification.

 Use at least two patient identifiers

(neither to be the patient's room number) whenever administering medications or blood products; taking blood samples and other specimens for clinical testing, or providing any other treatments or procedures.

JCAHO hospital safety goals

Goal: Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers.

 For verbal or telephone orders or for telephonic reporting of critical test results, verify the complete order or test result by having the person receiving the order or test result " readback" the complete order or test result.

 Standardize a list of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols that are not to be used throughout the organization.

 Measure, assess and, if appropriate, take action to improve the timeliness of reporting, and the timeliness of receipt by the responsible licensed caregiver, of critical test results and values

Standardized list of abbreviations

1.

Q.D.

2.

Q.O.D.

3.

U.

4.

IU

Write “daily”

Write “every other day”

Write unit

Write international unit

Standardized list of abbreviations

5.

Trailing zero (1.0 mg)

Never write a zero by itself after a decimal point

(1 mg)

6 .

Lack of leading zero (.1mg)

Always use a zero before a decimal point (0.1 mg)

Standardized list of abbreviations

7.

MS

8.

MS04

Write morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate

Write morphine sulfate

9.

MgSO4 Write magnesium sulfate

10.

Ug Write mcg or micrograms

11.

Cc

12.

T.I.W.

Write ml or milliliter

Write 3 times weekly or three times weekly

JCAHO Hospital Safety Goals

Goal: Improve the safety of using medications.

 Remove concentrated electrolytes (including, but not limited to, potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, sodium chloride >0.9%) from patient care units.

 Standardize and limit the number of drug concentrations available in the organization.

 Identify and, at a minimum, annually review a list of look-alike/sound-alike drugs used in the organization, and take action to prevent errors involving the interchange of these drugs.

JCAHO hospital safety goals

Goal: Improve the safety of using infusion pumps.

 Ensure free-flow protection on all general-use and PCA (patient controlled analgesia) intravenous infusion pumps used in the organization.

JCAHO hospital safety goals

Goal: Reduce the risk of health careassociated infections.

 Comply with current Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines.

 Manage as sentinel events all identified cases of unanticipated death or major permanent loss of function associated with a health care-associated infection.

Indications for Hand Washing

 Contact with a patient’s intact skin

 Contact with environmental surfaces in the immediately vicinity of patients

 After glove removal

JCAHO hospital safety goals

Goal: Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care .

 During 2005, for full implementation by January 2006, develop a process for obtaining and documenting a complete list of the patient's current medications upon the patient's admission to the organization and with the involvement of the patient . This process includes a comparison of the medications the organization provides to those on the list.

 A complete list of the patient's medications is communicated to the next provider of service when it refers or transfers a patient to another setting, service, practitioner or level of care within or outside the organization.

JCAHO hospital safety goals

Goal: Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls.

 Assess and periodically reassess each patient's risk for falling, including the potential risk associated with the patient's medication regimen, and take action to address any identified risks.

14 Priority Focus Areas

 Assessment and Care/Services

 Communication*

 Credentialed Practitioners

 Appropriate Life Support certifications

 Valid permit or Texas license

 Equipment Use

 Infection Control

 Information Management*

 Medication Management*

Priority Focus Areas (cont.)

 Organizational Structure

 Orientation and Training

 Patient Safety

 Physical Environment

 Quality Improvement Expertise and

Activity*

 Rights and Ethics

 Staffing

* Particular focus

Priority Focus Process

 Converts pre-survey data into:

 information to focus survey activities,

 increase consistency in the survey process,

 customize the accreditation process.

Tracer Methodology

Scott and White prepared for Tracer

Methodology by:

 Inviting a Consultant team from Joint

Commission Resources: physician, nurse, and administrator

 Nominating 48 S&W staff to be trained

 Offering a day of didactic presentation & one half day of a tracer demonstration

Demonstration Tracer Findings

 Food in all patient care areas

 Fragmented medical records with documents missing

 No hand washing

 Staff unaware of unit/clinic results on performance measures

 Unsecured medications

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor for LVSD

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

75%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 71%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 81%

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Adult Smoking

Cessation Advice/Counseling

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

75%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 73%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 91%

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at

Arrival

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

91%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 90%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 93%

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at

Discharge

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

86%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 85%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 96%

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at

Arrival

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

84%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 81%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 97%

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given PTCA Received

Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

37%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 38%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL No data

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Thrombolytic

Agent Received Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

37%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 28%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL No data

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor for LVSD

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

74%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 73%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 76%

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Failure Patients Given Adult

Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

65%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 62%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 44%

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Failure Patients Given Assessment of

Left Ventricular Function

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

78%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 72%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 92%

Performance Measures

Percent of Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge

Instructions

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

45%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 42%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 17%

Performance Measures

Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Adult Smoking

Cessation Advice/Counseling

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

61%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 58%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 26%

Performance Measures

Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Blood Cultures

Performed Before First Antibiotic Received

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

82%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 79%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 83%

Performance Measures

Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic

Timing

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

72%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 70%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 55%

Performance Measures

Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation

Assessment

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

98%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 97%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 98%

Performance Measures

Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Pneumococcal

Vaccination

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES

43%

 AVERAGE FOR ALL REPORTING

HOSPITALS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS -

EASTERN & SOUTHERN 38%

 SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL 27%

Accreditation Decision Options

 Accredited

 Provisional Accreditation

 Conditional Accreditation

 Preliminary Denial of Accreditation

 Denial of Accreditation

 Immediate Threat to Life

Demonstration Tracer Results

 Scott and White would have failed

Triaging JCAHO Standards

 “A” List

 Must do: no question, no debate

 “B” List

 Must do: can be modified to accommodate S&W practices

 “C” List

 Should do: JCAHO standards which, if not met, will result in demerits but not loss of accreditation

“A” List Examples

 Remove all food in patient care work areas

 Follow CDC guidelines for hand washing

 Use of only approved abbreviations

 Have qualified staff and equipment for patient population served

 Practice time outs prior to surgery and other invasive procedures to verify right patient, right procedure, right site

The End

 Please proceed to the post test

 Download the post test

 Complete the post test

 Return the post test to Dr. S.K. Oliver

407i TAMUII

Post test question 1

Indications for handwashing include all of the following except:

A. Contact with a patient’s intact skin

B. Contact with environmental surfaces in the immediately vicinity of patients

C. After glove removal

D. Before entering a patient room

Post test question 2

Scott and White performed least well in which of the following performance areas:

A.

Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

B.

Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at

Arrival

C.

Percent of Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge

Instructions

D.

Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Blood Cultures

Performed Before First Antibiotic Received

Post test question 3

 Please rewrite this these orders:

1.

6.U Regular Insulin Now

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1.

Pot chloride 10 meq 1 po QID #90

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