JOINT COMMISSION RESOURCES EDUCATION

Featured Conference

Advanced Strategies for Implementing an Integrated Patient Safety Program
Location: The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Dates: March 30-31, 2009
A strong patient safety program is characterized by a palpable sense of staff vigilance and attention to preventing patient harm. An integrated patient safety program requires strong leadership support, full staff involvement, clear goals, application of tools that identify and mitigate risks to patients, and strategies for spreading and sustaining improvements throughout the organization. This program will critically analyze essential components of an effective integrated patient safety program and assist attendees to analyze and enhance their organization’s programs using proven, advanced strategies and tactics.    

Through didactic presentations and interactive learning sessions this program will teach participants how to:
     • Assess their organization’s current commitment to patient safety
     • Use specific tools and techniques to prevent and investigate risks to patients
     • Identify the financial  outcomes of successful  patient safety programs
     • Explore techniques to sustain the gains of safety improvement

March Conference Schedule

Credentialing, Privileging, and Other Requirements
March 3-4, 2009
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
You will gain an understanding of the new Joint Commission Medical Staff standards and the requirements for credentialing and privileging for all licensed independent practitioners. Discussions will focus on peer review within the credentialing process and innovative approaches for processing medical staff applications.  The program will focus on the physician’s leadership role with the National Patient Safety Goals, performance improvement, and medication management.  Elements of performance related to information management, provision of care, and patient rights will also be presented.

2009 Leadership Standards and Patient Safety
March 5, 2009
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
In 2009, changes in the Joint Commission’s Leadership standards become effective with a focus on patient safety. The Joint Commission has identified four key pillars which support effective performance. These pillars are: Leadership Structure; Leadership Relationships; Organization, Culture and Performance; and Operations.
This program will address these elements with a focus on leadership as the foundation which supports patient safety in the organization. Issues addressed include:  managing conflict, developing a culture of safety, getting the board actively involved in quality and safety activities, and using quality and safety data.  Discussion will also include strategies to deal with disruptive staff.

Hospital Accreditation Essentials
March 16-17, 2009
Chicago, IL
This seminar features a comprehensive look at the entire accreditation process, standards, and National Patient Safety Goals.  Chapter-by-chapter coverage of the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals will study the most challenging standards, hot topics, and new requirements.  Faculty will share experiences and successful implementation strategies observed during surveys and consultations.  Participants will examine tracer methodology and how to prepare for the survey process, post-survey requirements, accreditation decisions, and more.

Virtual Medication Management and Safety Conference - One or many staff members can attend this conference while remaining in the workplace
March 18, 2009
Medications are perhaps the most common intervention in health, providing palliative, symptomatic, and curative treatment of diseases and conditions, and the opportunity for error in the use and administration process is significant. Thus, management of the six processes of medication (selection and procurement; storage; ordering and transcribing; preparing and dispensing; administration; and monitoring) becomes a vital aspect of patient care and safety, and ideally this is an interdisciplinary responsibility shared by physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, using a systems approach.  The conference purpose is to examine the six processes of medication along with major issues that affect medication safety through the context of The Joint Commission Standards which serve as a means to prevent or eliminate these issues.

Applying NFPA 101 Life Safety Code to Statement of Conditions
March 9-11, 2009
Las Vegas, NV
This three-day comprehensive seminar provides information on the Life Safety Code as it is applied to health care occupancies under four parts of the Joint Commission’s Statement of Conditions (SOC).  The seminar is taught by seminar leaders with direct experience in code content, application, and inspection.  You will develop a comprehensive understanding of the seven components of the EC standards:  safety, security, hazardous materials and waste, emergency preparedness, life safety, medical equipment, and utility systems.  Updates will be provided on new Joint Commission EC standards.