The Joint Commission Mock Tracer Made Simple

Proven strategies for Joint Commission survey readiness

This updated edition of our annual best-seller includes new tools and case studies of successful tracers from facilities around the country. Through a clear and concise breakdown of standards in an easy-to-understand mock survey checklist format, survey committee leaders will be able to easily delegate the right forms to the right people on their committees Each checklist is downloadable and can be customized to fit the specific needs of your facility.

What's new in this year's edition

• Mock tracer tools that you can customize and implement at your facility
• Case studies of successful tracers used by hospitals around the country
• Sections on tracer methodology and changes to The Joint Commission's leadership and medical staff standards
• Modified scoring and new implementation benchmarks for the National Patient Safety Goals
• Policies and procedures for each standard, including the required elements of each
• Downloadable tools and forms that you can easily distribute to different departments

Benefits

• Identify and address compliance weak spots in time for a survey visit
• Train staff on their roles in a survey, and gauge your facility's level of preparedness
• Embrace the first-hand experience of the authors, who have put together tracers in hospitals
• Organize your department with survey simulations and effective checklists

Take a look at the comprehensive Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Understanding TJC Standards and Managing the Mock Survey Process
• Chapter 2: Scoring Guidelines and Tracer Planning
• Chapter 3: Pulling It All Together: Mock Surveys
• Chapter 4: Patient Tracers
• Chapter 5: System Tracers
• Chapter 6: Tracer Tools
  • Checklist 1: 2010 National Patient Safety Goals
  • Checklist 2: Emergency Management
  • Checklist 3: Environment of Care
  • Checklist 4: Human Resources
  • Checklist 5: Performance Improvement
  • Checklist 6: Infection Control
  • Checklist 7: Leadership
  • Checklist 8: Life Safety Code (r)
  • Checklist 9: Management of Information
  • Checklist 10: Medical Staff
  • Checklist 11: Medication Management
  • Checklist 12: Nursing
  • Checklist 13: Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services
  • Checklist 14: Record of Care, Treatment, and Services
  • Checklist 15: Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual
  • Checklist 16: Transplant Safety
  • Checklist 17: Waived Testing
  • Checklist 18: Medical Staff Leaders' Responsibilities
  • Checklist 19: Department Managers' Responsibilities
  • Checklist 20: Patient Unit Interdisciplinary Team's Responsibilities
  • Checklist 21: Ambulatory Sites Including Physicians' Offices

Who should purchase this book

Survey coordinators, accreditation professionals, quality/PI managers, medical staff leaders, senior managers and directors, director/VP of nursing, and CNO.

About the authors

Jean Clark, RHIA, CSHA, is the director of health information services, at Roper St. Francis Health Services in Charleston, SC. She is a past president of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), was named AHIMA's 2000 Distinguished Member, and is the current vice president of the International Federation of Health Records Organizations.

Jodi L. Eisenberg, MHA, CPHQ, CPMSM, CSHA, is program manager of accreditation and clinical compliance at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She is responsible for leading the full range of Joint Commission and other accreditation and regulatory compliance activities.

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