14 Joint Commission patient safety goals for post-acute facilities

14 Joint Commission patient safety goals for post-acute facilities 
Becker's Hospital Review, by Mariah Taylor; 3/21/24 
The Joint Commission released a breakdown of patient safety goals for post-acute care facilities in 2024. The organization published an easy-to-read resource outlining goals for nine sectors of healthcare, including nursing facilities, surgery, hospitals and behavioral care. For post-acute facilities, the goals mostly revolved around identifying patients correctly, using medicines safely, and preventing infections and falls. Here are the patient safety goals for post-acute facilities: ...
Editor's Note: Ensure that your interdisciplinary team members who make hospice/palliative care visits in post-acute facilities are trained to tend these safety goals--within the scope of their roles and responsibilities--and in collaboration with the facility's compliance standards (especially if you or they are accredited by The Joint Commission).