March 16, 2017

Joint Commission: TST for Hand-off Communications helps reduce readmissions

By: Judy Mathias
Share

Editor's Note

The Joint Commission’s Targeted Solutions Tool (TST) for Hand-off Communications provides a framework for what the communication process between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities should be to reduce potential patient readmissions, the Joint Commission said in a March 15 news release.

“The TST helps organizations:

  • Facilitate examination of their current hand-off communication process
  • Determine a measurement system that produces data to support the need for improving the current processes
  • Identify areas of focus
  • Provide customizable forms for data collection
  • Give guidelines for hand-off communications processes.”

The tool is free for all Joint Commission accredited organizations.

Joint Commission Online Weekly Newsletter

Read More >>

Join our community

Learn More
Video Spotlight
Live chat by BoldChat