The Joint Commission recently surprised St. Peter’s Hospital in Helena, Mont., with an unannounced inspection that revealed several shortcomings, according to the Missoulian. A hospital spokeswoman ...

Patient mortality drops during inspections — Joint Commission responds to study The Joint Commission urges healthcare organizations to treat every week like it is survey week in the wake of a study ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Holston Valley Medical Center received a surprise inspection this week that led to the hospital receiving accreditation by a third-party agency. The inspection was done ...

Texas-based JPS Health Network got hit with two surprise inspections recently—one by state investigators and one by the Joint Commission. As a result of the Joint Commission inspection, JPS has ...

An accreditation agency has downgraded the status of a Tulsa youth psychiatric hospital while a U.S. senator pressured accrediting and federal officials for details of a recent inspection that found ...

On an early March day in 2017, two teams of inspectors roamed Cascade Behavioral Hospital, probing how well the psychiatric facility complied with government regulations. One team, sent by nonprofit ...

FORT GORDON, Ga. -- The Eisenhower Army Medical Center successfully completed an unannounced Joint Commission reaccreditation survey on June 12. The Joint Commission is an independent and ...