Any recommendation requires the health care organization to take corrective action based on the nature, severity, or number of compliance problems. The Joint Commission will closely monitor the results. I recommendation requires the health care organization to resolve insufficient or unsatisfactory standards compliance in a specific performance area. The organization must resolve type I recommendations in a specified amount of time to maintain its accreditation.
Organizations report corrections through a written progress report or during an unscheduled survey.
The first time we find a problem, we issue a first-generation type I recommendation. If the problem is not corrected within the given time, we issue a second-generation type I recommendation, and so on. If not resolved, a supplemental recommendation may affect the organization's future accreditation decisions.