Joint Commission

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO),

a private nongovernmental agency that establishes guidelines for the operation of hospitals and other health care facilities, conducts accreditation programs and surveys, and encourages the attainment of high standards of institutional medical care in the United States. Members of the JCAHO include representatives from the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American College of Surgeons, American Dental Association, and American Hospital Association.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations,

n.pr the United States body that accredits healthcare organizations.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO/TJC),

n.pr formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The JCAHO conducts accreditation programs for most of the health care facilities in the United States. The American Dental Association is a corporate member of the JCAHO. Hospitals and clinics are surveyed on a regular basis for compliance with the standards and criteria for accreditation.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Hospital practice An independent, nonprofit organization sponsored by a number of medical associations that performs accreditation reviews primarily on hospitals, other institutional facilities, outpatient facilities and healthcare organizations, the purpose of which is to maintain a high standard of institutional care, by both establishing guidelines for the operation of hospitals and other–psychiatric, ambulatory and long-term healthcare facilities, 'policing' those facilities through surveys and periodic inspections

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CMS found that The Joint Commission's standards for hospice meet or exceed those established for the Medicare and Medicaid programs," The Joint Commission said in a statement.

Joint Commission recognized as continued hospice deeming authority by Long-Term Living

Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH, took over the helm of The Joint Commission in 2007.

Q&A with Mark Chassin of The Joint Commission: a new approach, a new ... by Shannon, Diane / Physician Executive

That means that the Joint Commission will need to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in order for its accredited hospitals to be deemed to have met the conditions of participation in Medicare.

Commission in transition by Schneider, Mary Ellen / Clinical Psychiatry News