The Joint Commission and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering have launched a Physical Environment Portal to provide free online resources and tools for healthcare facilities to be compliant with the eight most challenging Life Safety and Environment of Care standards. While the portal is primarily geared toward hospitals, several modules will be relevant to ambulatory surgery centers.
The portal will highlight the eight LS/EC standards cited most frequently for non-compliance. Each standard will be highlighted in modules that are two months in length. The first month focuses on the requirements and compliance. The second month focuses on resources to help evaluate the organization’s level of compliance. A new module is posted every two months, with the previous ones remaining on the site.
The portal is housed on The Joint Commission website (http://bit.ly/1IpYevE).
