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Aboard! This month's newsletter will take you one
step closer to being ready for certification by The
Joint Commission (TJC). We're going to take a look at
one of the most significant standards for health care
staffing agencies - HUMAN RESOURCES. At a recent
breakfast briefing, Michele Sacco, MS, executive
director, The Joint Commission Certification Health Care
Staffing Services, couldn't stress enough the importance
of having everything in place for this critical
standard. She stated that: "During the review process,
the focus will be on competency. Only the strictest
standards will apply."
The message is clear;
there is no room for error here.
*This summer, JCAHO will be phasing out this
acronym and using TJC - The Joint Commission, which will
be their new brand identity.
Enjoy
the journey!
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Time To Get On
Track!
Getting this right is important. Why? Because it
lets your clients know that you provide only the
most qualified and competent supplemental staff to
health care organizations.
Among the areas TJC will be reviewing are: How are
you handling the human resources component of your
agency? What are your processes for matching the skills
of temporary staff with a health care organization's
needs? How do you determine competencies, verify
credentials? What tools do you use for background and
health screening checks? What is your program for
ongoing professional development? Do you have job
descriptions in place for corporate and field staff?
It seems daunting, doesn't it? No need to
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Magnetic
HealthCare Strategies (MHS) to the Rescue!
In our last issue we talked about the Gap Analysis and its
usefulness in determining your readiness for
certification. Human Resource
processes are some of the elements of this
analysis. We will check your internal documents,
policies, and personnel files. If necessary,
MHS will make recommendations for
improvement.
MHS can do a Tracer, which follows an
applicant from entry into the system to placement in the
health care setting. We will be asking your staff
appropriate questions to determine that all
processes are in place, consistent, and most
importantly, compliant.
We can do a Mock
Survey, a portion of which will
be an intense review of 20 to 30 personnel files to
ascertain any inadequacies in your record keeping
system. This exercise will be scored to determine what
actions need to be taken to ensure total
compliance.
MHS has a variety of Templates that can be
customized and adapted to your agency's processes,
i.e., internal policies, fact sheets for education
and staff, and many more.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? By
now you know that certification by The Joint Commission
sets you apart from your competition. It is a
tangible signal to customers that your firm has met
rigorous criteria for providing appropriate and
competent staffing services.
Another plus for you when marketing your agency
is that when your hospital clients prepare for
their TJC certification visit, it should go much
smoother for them knowing that their agency
personnel are from an agency that has been
certified by TJC.
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Latitude
Why Choose MHS?
Magnetic HealthCare Strategies LLC, has many years
of experience preparing hospitals for The Joint
Commission and now is one of the first to gain
experience helping large staffing agencies organize
themselves for their visit by TJC. We have
clients seeking certification in New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, and Illinois, and assisted a
corporate client, with multiple offices in many states,
to successfully achieve certification.
When you choose MHS, you will have the expertise
of a staff that has more than 30 years of combined
health care experience. We invite you to
explore our Website www.mhshealthcare.com to learn
more about us and our services.
Let us know when you are ready to sail, and we'll
do the rest. Phones: 732-408-0259 or 321-728-7252
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Your Business is Our
Priority
MHS assists healthcare organizations with the
development of formulas and tools for powerful
performance and we can be as diverse as you want us to
be. We offer expertise in TJC preparation for all
healthcare organizations, Magnet Certification
preparation, budget and finance issues, Performance
Improvement, Accounts Receivable Management,
Presentations and Retreats, Nurse Manager Education, and
Nursing Operational Redesign.
Please feel free to pass this along to other
healthcare colleagues who may be interested in our many
programs and services. If they would like to be included
on our email newsletter, please email us with their
address.
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Barbara L. O'Brien, RN, MSN
President
Magnetic HealthCare
Strategies, LLC
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