The Joint Commission has enhanced its survey process for 2025, after calls from member organizations to alleviate administrative burden with more modernized and improved tools. The enhancements ...

The Joint Commission has revised its home health agency accreditation survey process to align with similar CMS guideline updates published March 15. The revisions were announced in an Oct. 9 ...

The partnership will utilise performance data for continuous enhancement, fostering innovation within the health system.

To earn and maintain The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™, an organization must undergo an on-site survey by a Joint Commission survey team at least every three years. (Laboratories must be ...

The Joint Commission’s survey also found that 37% of hospitals had care teams introduce any patients with suicidal thoughts to a behavioral health professional before discharge, and 30% ...

“Existence at time of survey of a condition, which in the Joint Commission's view, poses a threat to patients or other individuals served.” In an interview in September, Melton offered few ...

The Joint Commission will be able to better quantify the voluntary certification’s burden for interested hospitals after the survey goes live on Jan. 1, Perlin said. Richard Schwartz ...

Joint Commission accreditation is an objective evaluation ... its approach to working with healthcare organizations during the survey process to identify and address infection-related risks.” ...

A survey conducted by an accrediting body after a patient death last week at the Oregon State Hospital found conditions it said constituted a "serious threat to public or patient health and safety.

"As part of this transition into MUSC Health, we had a full initial Joint Commission survey in order to be accredited as part of MUSC Health," Interim MUSC Health Orangeburg President and CEO Dr ...

Once an organisation identifies security risks that may impact operations, the processes put in place to address those risks are evaluated during a Joint Commission survey, including evaluation of the ...