Joint Commission Annual Accreditation Update 2023
This program will provide education to close the knowledge gap through didactic presentations by subject matter experts and participant/faculty question/answer opportunities to address the new requirements and problematic survey areas. In addition, successful strategies will be shared to assist participants in being able to identify actions to take in addressing new requirements and actions to take in correcting problematic areas.
Target Audience
- Healthcare Quality Professionals
- Nurses
- Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify new standard and regulatory requirements for 2023 and 2024.
- Identify regulatory/accreditation standard challenges with mitigation strategies to meet compliance.
- Describe The Joint Commission emergency management, life safety, environment of care standards requirements.
- Describe how addressing the regulatory / accreditation issues using recommended strategies positions an organization for effective and reliable delivery of safe, high quality patient care.
- Identify patient safety alerts and updates from regulatory bodies and accrediting bodies.
- Describe the regulatory news for 2023.
Additional Information
Faculty
John Maurer, MBA, SASHE, CHFM, CHSP
Life Safety Accreditation Advisor
Vizient, Inc.
Gina Holiway, MHA, MSN, RN
Advisor, Accreditation
Vizient, Inc.
Planning committee
Michael McLemore, BSN
Member Networks Director
Vizient, Inc.
Diana Scott, MHA, RN, CPHQ
Principle, Accreditation Advisory Services
Vizient, Inc.
John Maurer, MBA, SASHE, CHFM, HSP
Life Safety Accreditation Advisor
Vizient, Inc.
Identification, Mitigation, and Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
Disclosure of Financial Relationships:
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
Vizient, Inc., Jointly Accredited for Interprofessional Continuing Education, defines companies to be ineligible as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
No one in a position to control the content of this educational activity have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Statement of Content Validity
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
Disclaimer: The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.
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Designation Statement(s):
NURSING
This activity is designated for 9.00 contact hours.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY
This program has been approved by the National Association for Healthcare Quality for a maximum of 9.00 CPHQ continuing education credits for this event.
OTHER
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation. Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re- certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.
Available Credit
- 9.00 ANCC
- 9.00 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 9.00 General CE - Attendance