All Accreditation Programs Survey Activity Guide

1 All Accreditation Programs Survey Activity Guide January 2021. Survey Activity Guide For Health Care Organizations All Accreditation Programs January 2021. Issue Date: January 20, 2021. What's New for 2021. New or revised content for 2021 is identified by underlined text. Changes effective: January 20, 2021. Hospital Perinatal Survey Guide with Standards Tool has been removed from the Guide for editing and refinement for health care organizations. Changes effective: January, 2021. All Programs Surveyor Planning Initial This Activity has been eliminated for all Programs . NOTE: Surveyors will need as many documents as possible from the program-specific Document Lists available for the Surveyor Arrival and Preliminary Planning Activity .

2 Special Issue Resolution and Surveyor Planning/Team Meeting Special Issue Resolution takes place throughout the Survey ; that is, surveyors do not typically wait to address issues until a scheduled time on the agenda. Therefore, these activities will now occupy the same 30-minute timeframe on the Survey agenda and either one or the other Activity will be conducted by the surveyor based on need. Surveyors will inform the organization which Activity will take place. Ambulatory Health Care (Note: Please see the Ambulatory Health Care Organization Survey Activity Guide for additional changes related to ambulatory surgery centers accredited under the Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation program.)

3 Survey Activity List Updated to clarify applicability of the Life Safety Code Building Assessment Activity . Life Safety Code Building Assessment Specified the NFPA editions that are being surveyed. imaging Document Review Guide Introducing a new tool to help organizations compile imaging services documents and data needed for surveyor review, based on the imaging modalities provided by the organization. Behavioral Health Care and Human Services Updated to reflect the revised Accreditation program name. Home Health, Home Infusion Therapy, Hospice, Pharmacy, and Home Medical Equipment/DMEPOS. Document List Updated with new items.

4 Hospital Life Safety Code Building Assessment Specified the NFPA editions being surveyed. Environment of Care Session This Survey Activity has been eliminated from the agenda. The topics that were addressed during this session will now be covered throughout the Survey by Life Safety Code . surveyors and clinical surveyors during Individual Tracer, Facility Orientation, and Building Assessment activities. Life Safety & Environment of Care Document List and Review Tool Tool has been expanded to include additional environment of care related documents for review. Copyright: 2021 The Joint Commission Medical Staff-Related Standards Compliance Evaluation Guides Introducing new tools that surveyors will be using to Guide their evaluation of compliance with the hospital medical staff standards.

5 Kitchen Tracer Survey Guide This Guide is the same as surveyors use when conducting their evaluation of the kitchen environment and dietary services. Perinatal Survey Guide with Standards Introducing a new tool to help organizations who offer perinatal services understand how surveyors will approach evaluating compliance with hospital standards relative to their services. imaging Document Review Guide Introducing a new tool to help organizations compile imaging services documents and data needed for surveyor review, based on the imaging modalities provided by the organization. Critical Access Hospital Life Safety Code Building Assessment Specified the NFPA editions being surveyed.

6 Environment of Care Session This Survey Activity has been eliminated from the agenda. The topics that were addressed during this session will now be covered throughout the Survey by Life Safety Code . surveyors and clinical surveyors during Individual Tracer, Facility Orientation, and Building Assessment activities. Life Safety & Environment of Care Document List and Review Tool Tool has been expanded to include additional environment of care related documents for review. Medical Staff-Related Standards Compliance Evaluation Guides Introducing new tools that surveyors will be using to Guide their evaluation of compliance with the hospital medical staff standards.

7 Kitchen Tracer Survey Guide This Guide is the same as surveyors use when conducting their evaluation of the kitchen environment and dietary services. imaging Document Review Guide Introducing a new tool to help organizations compile imaging services documents and data needed for surveyor review, based on the imaging modalities provided by the organization. Laboratory (Note: Please see the Survey Activity Guide for Laboratory Accreditation for additional Survey process changes related to the Laboratory Accreditation program standards updates for 2021.). Regulatory Review Updated to note that surveyors will be reviewing documentation of reporting SARS-CoV-2 test results.

8 Laboratory Document List New item added under Regulatory Review section requesting documentation of reporting SARS-CoV-2 test results. Nursing Care Center No changes except those noted under All Programs Copyright: 2021 The Joint Commission How to Use this Guide The Joint Commission's Survey Activity Guide is available on your organization's extranet site. This Guide contains: Information to help you prepare for Survey An abstract of each Survey Activity that includes logistical needs, session objectives, an overview of the session, and suggested participants Sessions are listed in the general order that they are conducted.

9 A template agenda and a list of Survey activities that occur during an onsite visit are posted to your organization's Joint Commission Connect extranet site in proximity to the time your application is received and reviewed. When the template agenda and Survey Activity list is available, please download and review the activities and think about the people you might like to have involved. The Activity list includes a column in which you can record participant names or positions next to each of the sessions. Identifying key participants (and their phone numbers) for each session, including back-ups, is important.

10 Consider including possible meeting locations and surveyor workspace in your planning documents. Reference the sessions in this Survey Activity Guide and learn more about what you can expect to occur during the Activity . The template agenda and Activity list include suggested duration and scheduling guidelines for each of the activities. On the first day of Survey , there will be an opportunity for you to collaborate with the surveyor in preparing an agenda for the visit that is considerate of your day-to-day operations. Please Note: Not all the activities described in this Guide are included in the Activity list or on the agenda template.