A big-picture chapter

The Joint Commission earlier this month announced that the 2015 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals will include a new “Patient Safety Systems” chapter. The chapter will include standards from other sections of the CAMH, but will not provide new standards. The Patient Safety Systems standards will be surveyed according to the guidelines in the other chapters. So why include this chapter at all? The Joint Commission says the goal is to inform and educate hospital leaders about the importance and structure of an integrated patient-centered system.

What do you think? Will this chapter provide a big-picture view of systemic patient safety processes? Will it provide additional questions about “systemizing” high-quality care and patient safety? Let me know what this chapter looks like to you.

Thanks for reading!

Mary Stevens, managing editor, Credentialing Resource Center