• TS: – JCCAP™ Joint Commission Certified Accreditation Professional™: Be Ready for the Exam  [Pearl: JCCAP, JCSC, LDR] The Source September 2012, Pg 1, Vol 10, # 9

When TJC announced the JCCAP initiative in July we identified it as a useful opportunity for the Joint Commission Survey Coordinator and leadership of your organization to consider (see our review of JCR Launches New Joint Commission Certified Accreditation Professional Program).  This article continues to encourage participation in the program for which applications are now being accepted. It provides another review of the program, its benefits, eligibility criteria, two sample questions, brief description of the 150-multiple choice type test and announces that the first exam will be offered in January 2013.  It also presents two new resources.  

• [Pearl]  First is the availability (since 9/5/12) of the JCCAP Candidate HandbooK1211.  Any interested persons should download this free 36-page document that provides more detail about the testing process and 3 more sample questions (pg 24). [®]
• [Pearl] Second are the nine on-demand, JCCAP Education Module/Webinars that are now available for purchase from JCR ($1,195.00 for the set or $199.00 per module). The set is eligible for 24 hours of continuing education credit (including ACCME and ANCC) and includes the following modules:
1. Understanding The Joint Commission’s Accreditation Process
2. Organizational Analysis: Developing an Organizational Profile
3. Standards: The Essentials for Accreditation Managers
4. How to Engage Your Medical Staff into The Joint Commission Accreditation Process
5. Environment of Care
6. Leadership: The Foundation of Quality and Safety
7. Performance Improvement: The Accreditation Manager’s Role
8. Focus on Patient Safety
9. Understanding the CMS Regulatory and Survey Process for Hospitals

TIP: If you are currently the JCSC for your organization and/or are interested in becoming a JCCAP, pay attention to our reviews that note JCCAP applicability in the description line (e.g., this review).  We identify these as articles that may also provide useful review information.  Our reviews of these articles are being collected and can be subscribed to as an RSS feed to help with your exam preparations.    

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JCR Launches New Joint Commission Certified Accreditation Professional Program  [PEARL: JCSC, LDR] Perspectives July 2012, Vol 32, # 7, Pg 7

If you have been working as your hospital’s Joint Commission Survey Coordinator (JCSC) for at least 3 years and can correctly answer at least 120 of 150 questions on the TJC survey process, you could receive the new 3-year certification being offered by JCR starting 9/5/12.  In addition to the recognition, the certification might well help the individual with career development and it will provide discounted access to TJC’s new Accreditation Resource Center (ARC).  Since certification offers your organization the benefit of assured survey process knowledge and a new potential hiring criteria, it might be willing to spring for the $375 application fee.  More details on the eligibility criteria, application process, an FAQ and a couple of sample test questions are available. 

TIP: Review the recommended readings (references and pearls) from past issues of this newsletter as part of your study process for the JCCAP exam. 

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