New Joint Commission Requirements for Hospitals on Healthcare Technology Management
Duration : 60 Minutes
Dev Raheja,
Dev Raheja, MS,CSP, is an international Risk Management and Quality Assurance consultant for Healthcare,medical device, and aerospace industry for over 25 years. He applies evidence base safety techniques from a variety of industries to healthcare. He is a trainer, author of the books Safer Hospital Care, Assurance Technologi Read more
George Mills, director of engineering at The Joint Commission (TJC), is taking steps to streamline its survey process with a new emphasis on qualifying the risk associated with healthcare technology management deficiencies. At the same time, the pressure is on hospital-based healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals to think critically in assessing the risks, and document their practices and procedures.
Course Objective:
Effective Jan. 1, 2017, HTM departments must have documentation on hand for specific devices at the time of a survey. Current practice allows for follow-up documentation, which is not acceptable any more.
The Joint Commission is expecting these departments to rise to the challenges within the fast-changing and complex world of hazardous healthcare where about 400,000 fatalities per year are expected from medical mistakes.
Course Outline:
• Identifying TJC requirements for healthcare technology management
• What if you don’t have the documentation
• Solution
• The change requires critical thinking skills
• Conducting risk assessment of healthcare delivery
• Documenting risk assessment
• Developing plans for activities
• Developing the alternative equipment maintenance (AEM) program for medical equipment
• The process for designing for maintainability to enhance effectiveness
• Models for monitoring the effectiveness of the technology
• Reliability- centered maintenance
• Document control
• The new SAFER matrix will replace the current scoring methodology
• Validating the conformance to requirements
What You Get:
• Training Materials
• Live Q&A Session with our Expert
• Participation Certificate
• Access to Signup Community (Optional)
• Reward Points
Who Will Benefit:
• Senior management
• Clinical engineering staff
• Nursing staff
• Regulatory staff
• Quality Assurance professionals
• Patient Safety professionals
• Risk management staff
• IT professionals looking to make the conformance efficient
Please reach us at 1-888-844-8963 for any further assistance or if you wish to register
