the most important mission of hospitals is to provide appropriate and high quality care for patients. different methods and models have been used to assess the quality of care. one conventional model used recently in many countries is the accreditation model which has been efficient in developing structural, process, and outcome standards. accreditation is a systematic process carried out based...

Accreditation within the medical arena is longstanding throughout history. In 1910, the Joint Commission was established with the primary mission of continuously improving healthcare for the public by evaluating healthcare organisations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective treatment of the highest quality and value. In the past 100 years, accreditation has extended to med...

The Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Iran designed a comprehensive system as health care excellence model with participation of National Institute of Productivity & Organizational Excellence since January 2011 and introduced it in June 2012. The purpose of this paper is adapting of Joint Commission International Accreditation System in hospital by organizational excellence model in h...

● Have the radiation dose produced by the CT imaging equipment verified annually by a medical physicist. To more firmly align its accreditation requirements with these legislative changes, The Joint Commission added elements of performance (EPs) to Environment of Care (EC) Standard EC.02.04.03 and Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services (PC) Standard PC.01.02.15 for the ambulatory care, crit...

BACKGROUND The purposes of this paper were to examine whether patient dumping has occurred under the National Health Insurance and to explore hospital administrators' attitudes toward the practice of patient dumping in Taiwan. METHODS The study subjects were administrators in general hospitals that were accredited by the Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation as medical centers, re...

ABSTRACT Objective to outline the panorama of national and international Accreditation in Brazil. Method a descriptive study, quantitative approach documental source. The survey fields were unrestricted access online pages following accrediting methodologies: National Organization (ONA), Joint Commission International (JCI), Canada (ACI), QMentum International, besides page Registry Health Esta...

BACKGROUND In July 2002, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations implemented standardized performance measures that were designed to track the performance of accredited hospitals and encourage improvement in the quality of health care. METHODS We examined hospitals' performance on 18 standardized indicators of the quality of care for acute myocardial infarction, hear...

Background: Hospital accreditation is a systematic external evaluation of a hospital's structures, processes, and outcomes by an independent professional accreditation body using published optimum, evidence‐based, and achievable standards. Accreditation is a strategy for ensuring the quality, safety, and productivity of hospital services. Implementing accreditation standards imposes a high cost...

clinical laboratories by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission revised several elements of performance (EPs) for the laboratory accreditation program to meet the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA ’88). The Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners accepted the new and revised EPs in December (effective February 1, 2012) and in February (...