The health care industry's oldest, largest accreditation and certification organization is forming new partnerships and ...

The Joint Commission accreditation helps organizations prove their high quality of care to patients, potential hires and payers, according to The Joint Commission’s Mike Dye, senior associate director ...

The Joint Commission is eliminating an additional 200 standards for ambulatory and behavioral care centers, critical-access hospitals, laboratories and nursing homes as part of an ongoing review ...

More information about accreditation by The Joint Commission can be found at www.jointcommission.org. Read the other installments of our “Accreditation Options” series, ...

As a result of the findings, The Joint Commission fined itself $3.5 million dollars. Dr. Chassin has announced that to help pay the fine, he will contribute 1/3rd of his $1.5 million annual salary.

The Joint Commission released a statement refuting a study published in the BMJ that questioned the benefits of accreditation. 1. Researchers examined 4,400 U.S. hospitals, 3,337 of which were ...

The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 21,000 hospitals, health systems, facilities and programs in the U.S. Health facilities stripped of Joint Commission accreditation could find ...

Effective January 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) eliminated 168 (or 14%) of its accreditation standards across all of its accreditation programs and revised 14 other standards.

The Joint Commission has created a new telehealth accreditation program for eligible hospitals, ambulatory and behavioral healthcare organizations. The program will launch July 1. The Telehealth ...

The Joint Commission will now require ambulatory care centers to have antimicrobial stewardship programs to maintain accreditation. The new standards, which will go into effect Jan. 1, will impact ...

Choptank Community Health System earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for primary care medical home, ambulatory health care and behavioral health care and human services ...

PUBLIC NOTICE The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will conduct an accreditation survey of Rice Memorial Hospital on December 5-7 and Rice Hospice on December 5-9th.