Becker's Hospital Review

89 FINANCE CMO / CARE DELIVERY Joint Commission: Top 5 most challenging requirements for hospitals in 2020 By Gabrielle Masson T he Joint Commission has collected data on compliance with stan- dards, National Patient Safety Goals, and Accreditation and Certi- fication Participation Requirements to identify trends surrounding challenging requirements. The Joint Commission identified the top five requirements most frequent- ly found to be out of compliance during surveys and reviews from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2020. Fewer surveys were conducted in 2020 because of the pandemic, according to the Joint Commission. The top five most challenging requirements for hospitals in 2020, as written by The Joint Commission: 1. Reduce the risk for suicide. 2. The hospital reduces the risk of infections associated with medical equip- ment, devices and supplies. 3. The hospital implements its infection prevention and control plan. 4. The hospital safely administers medications. 5. The hospital manages risks associated with its utility systems. n Where are the 10 Leapfrog 'F' hospitals? By Kelly Gooch T he Leapfrog Group gave 10 hospitals failing grades in its spring 2021 Hos- pital Safety Grades released April 29. e organization assigns letter grades bi- annually to hospitals based on their ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections. In this up- date grades were assigned to more than 2,700 general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. e data for this safety grades update are from immediately before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Leapfrog said. Still, the organization said some measures used in this spring's update can be a proxy for the safety of care provided to coronavirus patients. Here is a list of this spring's "F" hospitals: California Los Angeles Community Hospital Memorial Hospital of Gardena San Joaquin General Hospital (French Camp) Illinois St. Bernard Hospital (Chicago) Kansas Southwest Medical Center (Liberal) Missouri St. Alexius Hospital – Broadway Campus (St. Louis) New Mexico Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (Gallup) New York New York Community Hospital (New York City) Oklahoma Comanche County Memorial Hospital (Law- ton) Washington, D.C. United Medical Center n LSU Health pulls medical residents from training rotation at VA hospital By Morgan Haefner N ew Orleans-based LSU Health Sciences Center pulled six medical residents from the intensive care unit of Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, La., ABC affiliate KTBS reported May 4. In a statement shared with KTBS on the residents' removal, Lisa Babin, LSU Health Shreveport's director of communications, said, "LSU Health Shreve- port is required to place its physicians in training in locations that ful- ly meet the standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education." She said that if a facility doesn't meet accreditation requirements, resi- dents are removed. The change, which occurred April 1, has raised concerns about the loss of care services at the VA hospital. However, Shannon Arledge, public affairs officer for Overton Brooks, told KTBS: "The attending physician is responsible for patient care. The senior attending physician in our ICU has not changed, and we have skilled nurse practitioners serving under the attending physi- cian's leadership." Spokespeople from LSU Health and Overton Brooks told KTBS they're work- ing to bring LSU Health residents back to the ICU at Overton Brooks. As of May 4, 54 residents from LSU/New Orleans-based Ochsner Health train in other areas of the facility, according to the report. n

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