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Jan 1, 20181 min read

Jan 2018 Perspectives: New Outpatient/Residential Behavioral Health Safety Risk Recommendations

The January 2018 issue of The Joint Commission’s Perspectives addresses the recommendations that came from the Expert Panel’s third...

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Jan 1, 20181 min read

Study of Falls in Psychiatric Inpatient Units

Sara Baramzadeh, PhD, MArch et-al published a study in 2018 in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association to determine...

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Dec 8, 20171 min read

CMS Ligature Risk Policy Clarification

CMS Dec 2017 – CMS released a Clarification of Ligature Risk Policy to its State Survey Agency Directors on December 8, 2017. In the...

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Nov 1, 20171 min read

Nov 2017 Perspectives: Recommendations Regarding Environmental Hazards

The Joint Commission has released their recommendations regarding Hospital Environmental Hazards for Providers and Surveyors. In an...

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Aug 28, 20172 min read

Aug 2017 Perspectives: Official Announcement from TJC & CMS on Ligature Issues

This email is being sent out on behalf of Mark Pelletier, Chief Operating Officer- Accreditation and Certification Operations. Dear...

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Mar 1, 20171 min read

March 2017 Perspectives: TJC Announcement of Ligature Attachment Point Emphasis

For many years The Joint Commission (TJC) has had “Deemed Status” from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which means...

New Research Validates "Five Levels of Safety" Approach

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Jan 1, 20172 min read

New Research Validates "Five Levels of Safety" Approach

An evidence based research paper by Sara Bayramzadeh, PhD, that was published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal in...

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Jan 1, 20171 min read

5 Levels of Inpatient Safety Risk Study

Sara Baramzadeh, PhD, MArch published an independent study in 2017 in the Health Environments Research and Design Journal to determine if...

Safety for All: Integrated Design for Inpatient Units

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Jul 7, 20161 min read

Safety for All: Integrated Design for Inpatient Units

By: James M. Hunt, AIA, NCARB: and David M. Sine, DrBE, CSP, ARM, CPHRM The concept of integrated healthcare – treating the whole person...

Guiding design strategies for behavioral health care

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Oct 22, 20152 min read

Guiding design strategies for behavioral health care

By: Mike Hrickiewicz | This article was originally published in Health Facilities Management. James M. Hunt, AIA, NCARB, principal of...

Letting the Light In: Designers Bring New Rays of Hope to Behavioral Health Facilities

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Jun 1, 20151 min read

Letting the Light In: Designers Bring New Rays of Hope to Behavioral Health Facilities

By: Eagle, Amy | This article was originally published in Health Facilities Management. The psychiatric medical unit at Mercy Health...

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May 31, 20151 min read

How to stretch $50 grand

By: Julia Brown, Associate Editor | This article was originally published in Behavioral Healthcare. Behavioral Healthcare recently...

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