• TS: –  Connecting the Dots: Highlights of the 2013 Hospital Executive Briefings[®] [PEARL: IC, JCSC, LDR, MD] The Source, November 2013, Vol 11, #11, Pg 1  JCs1311_B3

One key aspect of the annual Hospital Executive Briefings is a focus on the most challenging standards and hottest issues for hospitals. This article contains a listing of the 20 Most Challenging Standards for Hospitals, First Half of 2013  (pg 4) but makes particular mention of the following:

• Cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of medical equipment, devices, and supplies. (IC.02.01.01)
• Need for individualization in care/treatment planning (PC.01.03.01)
• Contribution of OPPE, FPPE (MS.08.01.03) to high reliability

A CMS update on federal surveys in 2014 indicated post complaint surveys for deemed providers may not have to be full surveys; depending on the degree of non-compliance, past history, etc.
Tip: The Top 20 list included in this article is likely to contain more issues (than the semi-annual Top 10 listing) relevant to surveys of psychiatric hospitals.  Use it for your survey preparations.