Are you a facility manager or emergency management coordinator who only needs Joint Commission standards that apply to the physical environment or emergency planning not the whole manual? Or, do you work in a health care system or as a vendor and need to accurately align compliance efforts across hospital, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient behavioral clinics, or other settings of care?

Make standards compliance and preparing for survey easier with 2021 Environment of Care® Essentials for Health Care. This indispensable spiral-bound or PDF volume bundles the environment of care (EC), emergency management (EM), and life safety (LS) standards and elements of performance (EPs) for all settings in one convenient reference so the information you need is always right at your fingertips. Equipment management (EQ) standards, which appear only in the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Home Care, are also included.

A recently redesigned matrix will help you streamline compliance efforts in your facility and your health care system, allowing you to quickly cross-reference EC, EM, and LS requirements across settings. You can see similarities and differences at a glance. A simple matrix included at each requirement clearly identifies (with an x ) whether the requirement applies in each of the eight Joint Commission accreditation programs. Bracketed wording indicates how and where wording varies slightly across programs. Conversely, if standards, EPs, or notes vary greatly, abbreviations appear in brackets after that text noting it applies only to the programs listed, for example, ambulatory care (AHC), critical access hospitals (CAH), and hospitals (HAP).

Key Topics

• Essential information for complying with EC requirements with regard to safety, security, hazardous materials and waste, medical equipment and utility systems, and fire safety
• Complete Emergency Operations Plan/Emergency Management Plan requirements
• Unabridged LS management requirements aligned with the 2012 Life Safety Code®*

Key Features

• All EC, EM, and LS standards and EPs effective January 1, 2021
• Streamlined grid that compares standards across the continuum of care to promote continuous accreditation readiness for all organizations, including those listed under Settings below
• Glossary terms with clear, straightforward definitions

Standards: EC, EM, and LS (across all settings) and EQ (home care only)

Settings: All Joint Commission accreditation programs, including ambulatory health care, behavioral health care and human services, critical access hospitals, home care, hospitals, laboratory services, nursing care centers, and office-based surgery centers

Key Audience: Facility managers, Emergency managers, Life safety experts, Staff engineers, Accreditation and regulatory staff, Risk managers, Health care facilities consultants and vendors.

Continuous compliance starts with staff who know what The Joint Commission requires and this manual provides you with direct access to the elements of performance for hospital standards, National Patient Safety Goals, and Accreditation Participation Requirements (APRs). Our best-selling manual is portable, lean, and light, making it a perfect on-the-go reference. Keep it handy in meetings, during orientation and training, and as a practical overview of the Joint Commission s accreditation requirements for everyone in your organization, from staff to executive leaders.

Please note: This spiral-bound book is truly an abridged version of the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals. It contains all the applicable standards and elements of performance, but the accreditation process information chapters with accreditation policies and procedures, initiatives, and summaries ARE NOT INCLUDED.

Key Topics:

• All hospital standards, National Patient Safety Goals, and Accreditation Participation Requirements as of January 1, 2021
• A Glossary defining key terms used in the Joint Commission standards
• Does NOT INCLUDE the following: The Accreditation Process, Sentinel Event Policy, The Quality Report, Required Written Documentation, Standards Applicability Grid, and other accreditation process chapters from the comprehensive manual

Key Features:

• Abridged version of the comprehensive manual only scored standards chapters included
• Tabs allow you to find exactly what you need when you need it
• Softcover, spiral-bound book

Standards: All hospital standards

Setting: Organizations accredited under the Hospital Accreditation Program, including general, acute psychiatric, pediatric, medical/surgical specialty, long term acute care, and rehabilitation hospitals

Key Audience: Staff responsible for accreditation, compliance, patient safety, or quality improvement

If you d prefer a manual with Joint Commission accreditation process information or one that can be updated with replacement pages, consider the 2021 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals

Continuous compliance starts with staff who know what The Joint Commission requires—and this manual provides you with direct access to the standards, elements of performance (EPs), National Patient Safety Goals®, and Accreditation Participation Requirements (APRs) for any ambulatory care organization. 

The portable 2023 Standards for Ambulatory Care is lean and light, making it a perfect on-the-go reference. Keep it handy in meetings, during orientation and training, and as a practical overview of The Joint Commission’s accreditation requirements for everyone in your organization, from staff to leaders.

Please note: This book is truly an abridged version of the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Ambulatory Care. It contains all the applicable standards and EPs, but the accreditation process information chapters with accreditation policies and procedures, initiatives, and summaries ARE NOT INCLUDED.  

Key Topics:
All ambulatory care standards, National Patient Safety Goals, and APRs as of January 1, 2023
A Glossary defining key terms used in Joint Commission standards
Does NOT INCLUDE the following: The Accreditation Process, Sentinel Event Policy, The Joint Commission Quality Report, Required Written Documentation, and other accreditation process information chapters from the CAMAC