The Joint Commission complex organization survey process and its impact on hospital-based home care and hospice providers.

APPROVED: Certification Option for Home Care Organizations Providing Community-Based Palliative Care.

The Joint Commission recently announced its new Community-Based Palliative Care (CBPC) Certification option for accredited home care organizations. This specialty certification, which recognizes home health and hospice organizations that provide community-based palliative care to patients and their families at home, will be effective July 1, 2016. Using the results of a market research study of...

Tracer methodology and the new Joint Commission home care and hospice survey process: part 1.

Considerations in Upper Limb Rehabilitation During COVID-19 Crisis

Abstract: COVID-19 has imposed an unusual effect on all aspects of medicine. Many elective measures have been canceled and medical facilities are reserved for this critical situation. Although a comprehensive approach is needed in entire fields of medicine to prevent spreading of corona virus and to protect the life of health care providers and patients, decreasing disabilities in orthopedic pa...

Clarification: Eligibility for advanced certification for palliative care.

Care program evaluates hospital-based palliative care programs that deliver care to a defined patient population. Since the program’s launch on September 1, 2011, customers have identified a need for greater clarity in the palliative care certification eligibility criteria. As a result, The Joint Commission clarified the eligibility criteria to include a note regarding hospice patients as well ...

مراقبت تسکینی مبتنی بر منزل: حلقه گم شده مراقبت از بیماران در ایران

The World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced palliative care as a way to improve the quality of life of patients with incurable diseases and their families. This care begins with the diagnosis of the disease, and continues throughout the illness (1). Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients with life-threatening diseases and their families. Its purpose is to relieve suffer...