JCI's Publications

Click here to see all of JCI’s print and electronic publications.

 

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►      Managing Patient Flow: Strategies and Solutions for Addressing Hospital Overcrowding

►      Tools for Performance Measurement in Health Care: A Quick Reference Guide, Second Edition

►      Mock Tracer Workbook

 

New from JCR:

Planning, Design, and Construction of Health Care Facilities, Second Edition

Like any construction or renovation process, planning and executing a health care facility’s new or improved design requires planning, resources, education, communication, and collaboration. But because patient and worker safety are at risk, the stakes are raised even higher.

 

Planning, Design, and Construction of Health Care Facilities, Second Edition , an updated version of a Joint Commission Resources best seller, is a comprehensive guide for health care organizations around the world that are looking to build new facilities—or update their current structures—in compliance with Joint Commission, Joint Commission International, and other recognized standards of health care design excellence.

 

A wealth of strategies, tools, and real-world experiences from experts and organizations around the globe supply the reader with the building blocks they need for success with their new facility or existing structure. Planning, Design, and Construction of Health Care Facilities, Second Edition assesses the challenges, compliance issues, and the need for a holistic approach to the design and function of health care facilities. And, in this new edition, readers receive access to valuable online resources that support and enhance the printed material, including customizable tools they can use immediately in their organization.

 

This publication also includes a Foreword by Debra J. Levin (President and CEO) and Anjali Joseph, Ph.D., (Director of Research) of The Center for Health Design.

 

Planning, Design, and Construction of Health Care Facilities, Second Edition

Price: $75

Item number: PDC09

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The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers

The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers , co-published by Joint Commission Resources and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is a comprehensive and authoritative repository of essential knowledge on patient safety.  The book is geared to help patient safety leaders create a culture of safety; plan, oversee, and implement new safety practices; and improve safety-related management and operations.

 

The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers boasts a team of editors/authors that comprise a virtual who’s who of patient safety researchers and practitioners:

·         Allan Frankel, M.D., principal, Lotus Forum, Inc., Washington, D.C., and faculty, IHI

·         Michael Leonard, M.D., physician leader of patient safety, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, and faculty, IHI

·         Terri Simmonds, R.N., C.P.H.Q., director, IHI

·         Carol Haraden, Ph.D., vice president, IHI

 

Applicable to community hospitals, teaching hospitals, health care systems, rural/critical access hospitals, and ambulatory care settings, this book also provides:

• Core knowledge and insights for patient safety leaders, clinicians, and change agents

• Strategies and best practices for day-to-day operational issues

• Ways to integrate quality and safety functions

• Strategies for patient safety strategies and initiatives

• Tools, checklists, and guidelines to assess, improve, and monitor patient safety functions

• Detailed case studies from other health care organizations and patient safety leaders

• Discussions on identifying and meeting the patient safety needs at organizations with different resources

 

The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers

144 pages

Item number: PSOH08

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Tracer Methodology: Tips and Strategies for Continuous Systems Improvement, 2nd Edition

Tracer Methodology: Tips and Strategies for Continuous Systems Improvement, 2nd Edition, is an update to a popular JCR bestseller that provides health care organizations with more practical examples and hands-on tools for understanding and conducting tracers in any health care setting.

 

This book contains updated information on the role of tracers in The Joint Commission’s accreditation process and on-site survey. A comprehensive overview of tracer methodology offers new examples of individual and systems tracers that can occur in various health care settings. This edition also reviews program-specific tracers, which The Joint Commission implemented in 2007, and features examples from Joint Commission surveyors that can be used as a learning tool for new or veteran staff members. Organizations also will find concrete tips on how to more effectively conduct mock tracers, better identify and assess priority focus areas during mock tracers, and integrate tracers into their own improvement plans. New and updated case studies highlight how domestic and international health care organizations have conducted tracers and used data to make ongoing improvements. An accompanying CD-ROM contains slides, worksheets, and other tools that can be customized and used for tracers in any health care organization.

 

Tracer Methodology: Tips and Strategies for Continuous Systems Improvement, 2nd Edition

202 pages, CD-ROM

Order Code: JTM08

Price: $99.00

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Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Primary Care Centers

Primary care centers are distinguished by the level of integration into their community and services that are accessible, comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous. This new electronic accreditation manual contains Joint Commission International's (JCI's) standards, intent statements, and measurable elements in the following categories:

• Community Involvement and Integration
• Patient-Centered Services
• The Organization and Delivery of Services
• Improvement in Quality and Safety

These standards will be the basis of JCI's onsite Primary Care Center surveys starting immediately upon publication.

 

Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Primary Care Centers

125 pages, electronic (PDF)

Order Code: JCIPC01

Price: $95.00

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Understanding and Preventing Sentinel and Adverse Events in Your Health Care Organization

Starting 1 January 2008, Joint Commission International’s (JCI’s) Sentinel Event Policy is applicable as a voluntary effort for its accredited hospitals. This book will help readers understand the following concepts:

·         The sentinel event, as defined by JCI, and its differences from adverse events and near misses

·         How sentinel events may be prevented

·         How sentinel events should be reported

·         What organizations can learn from sentinel events and their aftermath

·         How to create a sentinel event policy

 

Detailed information on sentinel event–related topics such as the following are offered:

·         Joint Commission International’s Sentinel Event Policy

·         3^rd Edition standards related to Sentinel Events and patient disclosure of events

·         Types of Sentinel Events

·         Root Causes of Sentinel Events

·         Strategies for Preventing Sentinel Events

·         Developing a Root Cause Analysis

·         Action planning following the analysis of an event

·         How Sentinel Events are reviewed during an accreditation survey

·         Ethics and Disclosure of Medical Errors

·         The Sentinel Event Legal Issue

 

Understanding and Preventing Sentinel and Adverse Events in Your Health Care Organization

211 pages, hardcover

Order Code: UPSE08

Price: $85.00

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Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Hospitals, Third Edition

The latest accreditation standards from Joint Commission International, which have been effective for all hospital surveys since 1 January 2008. Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Hospitals, Third Edition, provides the basis for accreditation of hospitals throughout the world, providing organizations with the information they need to pursue or maintain patient safety, performance improvement, and accredited status.

Important improvements to this edition include the following:

• All standards are now core standards. In these revised standards, all standards are considered equal in importance and weight toward achieving accreditation.
• The increased role of leadership and oversight. Increasing weight has been given to the role of leadership as overseers of all areas of a hospital’s performance.
• Stronger requirements in many areas. Credentialing and privileging standards for health care professionals and a new requirement for a root cause analyses after sentinel events are among the enhancements.
• International Patient Safety Goals. These 6 patient-centric goals are now evaluated as part of the JCI on-site survey.
• New and significantly updated chapters. “Anesthesia and Surgical Care,” and “Medication Management and Use,” new chapters migrated from “Care of Patients”; and “Management of Communication and Information,” which shifted communications standards from “Access to Care and Continuity of Care” to its own section in what was previously the “Management of Information” chapter.
• Better clarity and flow. Standards are easier to understand, making the path to compliance clearer.
• A more robust, efficient sourcebook. Cross-references to related standards and terms included in an updated and expanded glossary allow users to navigate the text easily and completely.

Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Hospitals, Third Edition

260 pages

Order Code: IAS300                  

Price: $125.00

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Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Hospitals, Third Edition eBook

This electronic version of the manual, Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Hospitals, Third Edition, provides health care organizations with all the information they need to pursue or maintain performance improvement and accreditation with Joint Commission International (JCI).

Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Hospitals, Third Edition eBook

260 pages

Order code: EBIAS300

Price: $100.00      

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Meeting the International Patient Safety Goals

Successfully meeting the International Patient Safety Goals set forth by Joint Commission International is an essential element in the accreditation process. Meeting the International Patient Safety Goals will help you understand how your organization can meet the requirements of the six goals, which involve the following crucial patient safety subjects:

1.       Improving the accuracy of patient identification

2.       Making communication more effective

3.       Improving the safety of using high-alert medications

4.       Ensuring correct-site, correct-procedure, correct-person surgery

5.       Reducing the risk of health care–associated infections

6.       Reducing the risk of patient harm resulting from falls

Meeting the International Patient Safety Goals includes valuable excerpts from various Joint Commission Resources books and newsletters, serving as a tremendous resource for leaders and staff. With simple, straightforward advice and tactics that make patient safety, organizational improvement, and goal compliance achievable, Meeting the International Patient Safety Goals is a must-have for navigating today’s increasingly complex health care industry.

 

Meeting the International Patient Safety Goals

112 pages

Order Code: MJCNPG07

Price: $60.00

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Translations

 

 

Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Hospitals, Third Edition

The best-selling foundation of Joint Commission International’s (JCI’s) hospital accreditation process is now available in seven languages. In addition to the English language printed (click herefor details or to order) and electronic (click herefor details or to order) versions, the following translations are now available for sale:

 

Arabic

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Chinese

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Czech

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Danish

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German

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Italian

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Spanish  
Electronic version

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Now available! Spanish version of the JCIHospital Accreditation Process Guide!

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Portuguese (Brazilian)

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Printed version

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Portuguese (European)

Electronic version only

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Other translations

 

Korean
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Italian

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Coming soon:

Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Thai