Presenter: Glenn Krasker, former director of the Joint Commission’s Hospital Accreditation Program
Date Recorded: 4/22/09
Length: 90 minutes

Don’t risk getting hit with a conditional or preliminary denial of accreditation decision when your organization deserves better. Shield your hospital from the potentially most subjective part of the Joint Commission’s 2009 accreditation decision-making process. Learn how easily your organization could be wrongly conditionally accredited, or worse yet, unfairly denied accreditation. Plus, learn what you need to do to prevent these mistakes.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from one of the Joint Commission’s former leaders as he discusses implications of the new approach to scoring. You’ll also learn:

• How the Joint Commission’s new accreditation decision model for 2009 works
• The difference between “direct” and “indirect impact” standards and elements of performance and the roles these play in your accreditation decision
• What transpires when the Joint Commission’s Central Office reviews your accreditation survey report findings
• How the Joint Commission Central Office review will affect your accreditation decision
• Learn the real meaning behind Joint Commission lingo such as “bands” and “screens”
• Tips on steps you can take to avoid Central Office review of your survey results and potentially adverse accreditation decisions
• The best way to successfully challenge adverse accreditation decisions
• The effect the survey length and number of surveyors could have on your accreditation decision