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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
• 3rd 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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