December 2008 Joint Commission Online Now Available

The December 2008 issue of Joint Commission Online is now available. Updates in the latest issue include:

• Accreditation changes effective January 1, 2009 to comply with CMS application for continued deeming authority;
• No new National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) will be created for 2010 in order to review the 2009 NPSGs;
• The elimination of "thresholds" in Conditional Accreditation (CA) and Preliminary Denial of Accreditation (PDA) decisions;
• The announcement that organizations will receive their National Quality Improvement Goal data in March;
• The announcement of five new members to The Joint Commission Board of Commissioners.

Click here for the full issue of Joint Commission Online:
http://www.jointcommission.org/Library/jconline/jconline_dec_2008.htm