Greetings to Our Colleagues in Behavioral Healthcare!
Holiday Greetings to our clients and colleagues across the country! As this hectic season ensues, we want to give you the most up-to-the-minute news on TJC's surveying of ligature risks in inpatient psychiatric settings. TJC just officially released its recommendations so we are devoting our newsletter to that topic this month.
We value your feedback on the newsletter. Please send us your comments and tell us what topics you would like to see in future issues. We look forward to hearing from you! Also, feel free to to your colleagues.
Best regards to you and yours for a Happy Holiday Season! Our newsletter will return in January 2018.
Anne Barrins President/CEO
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Tip of the Month
The
2018 National Patient Safety Goals for the
Behavioral Health Care and
Hospital Accreditation Programs have been published. There are some slight changes so review them carefully to make sure all of your policies and processes are in full compliance.
Why Choose Barrins & Associates?
"We just completed our annual Barrins & Associates mock survey at our hospital. As CEO, the most valuable aspect of the consultation was the perspective they gave us on what TJC is surveying and citing in other markets. They clearly have their finger on the TJC pulse nationwide which helped us immensely with our survey preparation and survey strategy for 2018."
The topic of ligature risks in inpatient psychiatric settings has been a significant challenge for the industry over the past several months following TJC's increased scrutiny of this issue since March 1. The latest development is that TJC has now published official recommendations on ligature risks in healthcare settings. These Recommendations Regarding Environmental Hazards for Providers and Surveyors were released in a preview communication on October 25 and subsequently published in the November issue of TJC Perspectives. As part of this communication, TJC has formally defined the term "ligature resistant."
Barrins & Associates is pleased to welcome six new clients:
Mt. Sinai Behavioral Health System in New York City, Maine Behavioral Healthcarethroughout Maine, Riverside Recovery in Tampa, Florida, Chicago Behavioral Hospital in Des Plaines, Illinois, WellBridge Hospital Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas, and Axis Mental Healthin Newport Beach, California.We are pleased to be working with these clients on continuous regulatory readiness.
Barrins & Associates provides Joint Commission and CMS consulting services for the Behavioral Healthcare industry. Our clients include psychiatric hospitals and freestanding Behavioral Healthcare organizations. We specialize in providing Survey Preparation and Continuous Survey Readiness services for the Behavioral Healthcare industry. Barrins & Associates was founded by Anne Barrins who was a Joint Commission surveyor for 13 years.
