The Joint Commission unveiled the second tranche of its planned accreditation standards reduction, which will become effective Aug. 27. More than 200 standards will be either eliminated or ...

The Joint Commission is eliminating 200 additional standards from its accreditation programs for ambulatory and behavioral health centers, critical access hospitals, laboratories and nursing homes, ...

The Joint Commission is transforming its accreditation process by reducing the number of requirements by 50% — from 1,551 to 774 standards — in its most significant rewrite since Medicare was ...

The Joint Commission will review and analyze each of its quality standards with an eye toward revising or eliminating measures to better focus on patient safety and support overwhelmed healthcare ...

Ahead of National Quality Week, the Joint Commission released eight key facts about approving new accreditation standards. 1. Identifying emerging quality and safety issues through scientific ...

Several Joint Commission standards for hospitals have embarrassingly low compliance rates. Two Joint Commission experts — Jerry Gervais, CHFM, CHSP, an engineer and associate director in the Joint ...