Catalog Number : ncd1969
Title : Joint Commission Safety Chapter, Sentinel Event Policy and CMS RCA Requirements
Speaker : Sue Dill

Webplay Recording Date : 1-11-2016
Webplay Price : $ 150 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

This webinar will cover the Joint Commission sentinel event policy changes and how to help hospitals ensure compliance. The Joint Commission (TJC) Patient Safety System will also be covered which was a new chapter effective January 1, 2015 along with the July 2015 changes. The patient safety system chapter and the sentinel event policy are designed to be used together.

Target Audience

Patient Safety Officers, Senior Leadership (CEO, COO, CNO, CMO, etc.), Risk Managers and staff, TJC Accreditation Director, Compliance Officers, CMS Regulatory Compliance staff, Department Directors, Nurses, Nurse Educators, Nurse Managers and Supervisors, Consumer Advocates, Quality Improvement Director and Staff, In-house Legal Counsel and anyone responsible to ensure quality and safety of patients and to ensure compliance with CMS or TJC standards

Webinar Objectives:

• Recall that CMS has a final worksheet on QAPI that includes a section on patient safety, adverse events, and medical errors
• Discuss that TJC has a patient safety system chapter with a goal to help hospitals improve quality of care and patient safety
• Describe that the Joint Commission has a sentinel event policy and procedure that hospitals should be familiar with

Webinar Agenda/Outline:
CMS QAPI Worksheet on Patient Safety, Adverse Events (AE) and Medical Errors