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The Joint Commission Palliative Care Certification


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Post Marketing your Advanced Palliative Care Cert jbraden 1 01/03/2013
This is a question to hospitals who have received certification. What have your institutions done to publicize your achievement? Thanks!
Post Pt satisfaction tool CCisneros 3 01/15/2013
We are also going for Joint Commission Certification and we are looking at Press Ganey tool. Our question is, does this interfere with HCAPS that our inpts also receive after discharge? If a patient/family does receive both, it is significant which one co ...
Post Corporate Practice of Medicine lorakajan 2 09/06/2012
Hello All, I had a question regarding the Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine.. Is it possible for a physician to form an entity or business in which he could operate under, and will it allow him to then practice medicine in multiple states without ...
Post PCPC.2 EP#1 CBloomfield 2 04/13/2012
We are also on the certification journey and wondered how anyone addressed PCPC.2 EP#1 - the program discusses with patinets how they want to receive information, including the type and extent of information. Will TJC assess that you ask your patients thi ...
Post Satisfaction Tool tericox 3 03/27/2012
We are in the process of applying for Palliative Care certification and I was wondering how others are dealing with PCPL 1 as it relates to satisfaction survey. Do you have a specific tool? Process for distribtion? Thanks. Teri
Post Funtional Assessments cskinner 5 03/26/2012
As we are developing our adult palliative care program, we note that one of the requirements is an initial functional assessment, but there are no details expalining when/how/who should be completing. Does anyone have any good functional assessment tools ...
Post joint commission certification adult & pediatric mkreher 2 03/17/2012
I am director of adult palliative medicine & our group is working towards submitting application for certification. We understand that if the organization has both an adult & pediatric program, both programs must be part of the advanced certfication proc ...
Post volunteer use in home based palliative care maryman 2 01/26/2012
I am in the process of building a home based palliative care service associated with a VNA. we are wondering about the regs regarding using volunteers in this setting..is it allowable? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you.
Post livestrong application yaegerj 2 01/26/2012
How do you interpret the word limit on the application? Is it 150 words for each question or all questions together? I am reading it as total response to all questions should be 150 words.
Post proposal letter Libertyhospital 2 12/20/2011
Does anyone have a template for a proposal letter to administration to request approval for Joint Commission Certification? We just need a guide. Appreciate any help.
Post Advanced Certification tericox 2 09/20/2011
Thank you for your response. I understand the fees what my hospital was interested in was the # of hours and the # of people needed to prepare and complete a Disease Specific certifications.
Post Advanced Certification tericox 2 09/16/2011
I was asked about the cost and # of hours it woul take to obtain certification; an average would be great. Has anyone obtained another disease specific certification and what was that cost? Thanks. Teri
Post Psychosocial Assessment Tool rhpallsw 2 08/23/2011
Currently our team is in the process of applying for Joint Commission & we are reviewing the current tools in place. We would like to see if there is specific criteria/standards that we should be assessing as we modify our psychosocial assessment tool. We ...
Post Clinical indicators itriana 3 08/16/2011
Joint Commission requires 4 performance measures for P.C.P 2 clinical and 2 non clinicals. For the clinical they suggest Symptom assessmentand management documentation and psychosocial assessment scores. Can any one tell me if for the clinicals besides pa ...
Post Joint commission Kathrynborgenicht 2 08/03/2011
I am concerned about the 24/7 requirements as this seems particulary proscriptive, especially for smaller programs. We have a very successful 6 program but are in a small rural setting. We could not possibly meet these requirements and wonder why they a ...
Post 24/7 Coverage Final Rule Weissman 1 07/26/2011
The Joint Commission has published a final rule re: 24/7 coverage; see: http://www.jointcommission.org/certification/palliative_care.aspx Here is the specific language they use: Provide the full range of palliative care services to hospitalized patien ...
Post 24/7 Coverage Weissman 1 07/22/2011
I've been on the phone with the Joint Commission today and they will be working over the next week to develop a clear answer to the 24/7 issue. For now, stay tuned; hopefully there will be an answer by next week.
Post Palliative Care Consult Team & Certification ndarmstrong 2 07/20/2011
Our program operates with a full complement of PC staff in house Monday through Friday; On-call coverages 24-7 by the physician or nurse practitioner. The Chaplains are part of the PCCT, with hospital wide coverage 24-7. Do the Chaplains (as a member of ...
Post definition of formal palliative care program lyanni 2 07/20/2011
there was some discussion about this on the call, much appreciated, but wanted to see if we could get additional clarification on the definition of a "formal palliative care program" - i.e. the last question indicated that a consult service was an accepta ...
Post eligible programs cmulker 2 07/20/2011
Clarification on program eligibility. It sounds like the JCAHO is requiring 24 hour in house care. We have in house coverage 7-7 six days a week. We have 24 hour physician on call. Do they really mean that you need to be in-house 24-7 to be eligible? Than ...
Post An Overview of Advanced Certification in Pall Care PCaines 2 07/20/2011
There's still time to join today's audio conference at 1:30 PM Eastern with The Joint Commisison. Learn more about advanced certification in palliative care. For full details, please copy and paste this link into your web browser's address bar: http: ...
Post Advance Certification in Palliative Care PCaines 1 06/17/2011
The new Advance Certification in Palliative Care is a huge step forward for the field. For more information and for CAPC tools and resources to help you meet the standards for certification, you can copy and paste this link into your browser's address ...
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