The Joint Commission has been accrediting hospitals for more than 40 years. Joint Commission accreditation helps hospitals to improve their performance and patient outcomes and to demonstrate accountability in managed care and the rapidly changing health care marketplace. Joint Commission accreditation recognizes your organization's performance in complying with national standards. These standards are intended to help organizations.
Accreditation encompasses standards-setting, evaluation and education activities.
Accreditation engages the organization's governing board, professional staff and administration in a cooperative effort to continuously improve patient care quality. Improving the quality of patient care. Accreditation signifies your commitment to quality and to quality improvement. For patients, businesses, managed care organizations and others, accreditation serves as an index that your practitioners meet national standards for quality. As part of the accreditation process, Joint Commission surveyors offer your organization counsel on how to enhance organization performance.