Glenn Krasker serves as president of Critical Management Solutions, a private healthcare consulting company based in Wilmington, Del., that specializes in sentinel event management and medical error risk reduction. He has worked in the healthcare industry for more than 16 years, serving in executive capacities in urban teaching and community hospitals. Glenn also served as Director of the Hospital Accreditation Program at the Joint Commission where he helped design and implement the Joint Commission’s sentinel event policy and protocol. He has successfully coached many organizations on how to investigate medical errors and how to proactively reduce risks. 
An IJC special presentation: Learn what hospitals need to do to avoid adverse accreditation decisions under the Joint Commission's new 2009 scoring approach |
Protect your hospital’s accreditation. Don’t put your hospital at the mercy of the Joint Commission’s new and potentially subjective accreditation decision-making process. Join Glenn Krasker, former director of the Joint Commission’s Hospital Accreditation Program, for an exclusive audio conference. Listen as this leading expert on hospital accreditation reveals what to expect from the new 2009 accreditation decision rules and decision-making process. Glenn will also introduce you to the Joint Commission’s new method of scoring standards that went into effect in January, and you’ll get proven tactics to avoid unfavorable accreditation decisions.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from one of the Joint Commission’s former leaders as he discusses implications of the new approach to scoring. You’ll also learn:
- How the Joint Commission’s new accreditation decision model for 2009 works
- The difference between “direct” and “indirect impact” standards and elements of performance and the roles these play in your accreditation decision
- How the Joint Commission Central Office review could affect your accreditation decision
- Learn the real meaning behind Joint Commission lingo such as “bands” and “screens”
- Tips on steps you can take to avoid Central Office review of your survey results and potentially adverse accreditation decisions
- The best way to successfully challenge adverse accreditation decisions
- The effect the survey length and number of surveyors could have on your accreditation decision
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