OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and format of medical morning handover report (MMHR) in Australian hospitals. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Questionnaire survey faxed to 76 Australian hospitals accredited for basic physician training by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). The survey was conducted in 2005. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Use of MMHR; structure and format of...

Effective July 1, 2015, The Joint Commission has added and revised several requirements for hospitals and revised one requirement for critical access hospitals to better align with changes made in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals. The CoP changes resulted from the May 12, 2014, final rule, which was part of CMS’s effort to remov...

Accreditation survey of Al-Kindy TeachingHospital during the months of February–May2011 was performed as part of its technical assistanceservices to the management of the hospital. Thehospital had formed an accreditation committee inOctober 2010 and began the process of self-assessmentand implementation of the 2010 Iraqi NationalAccreditation Standards for Hospitals. As the hospitalneared the c...

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has launched a new shared learning collaborative as part of its larger Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) initiative. The collaboration, called Pursuing Excellence in Clinical Learning Environments, aims to improve teaching practices and patient care in the hospitals, medical centers, and ambulatory care sites where resid...

Quality improvement is needed to meet the demands for quality while simultaneously reducing the cost of delivered health care. In a competitive market of corporate hospitals, quality improvement would lower the proportion of unit cost relative to potential revenue thereby increasing profit. For public hospitals, the mandate for 'minimum quality', which is the basis for accreditation, could also...

Background: Standards of Joint Commission International emphasize on the organizational performance level in basic functional domains including patient right, patient care, medical safety and infection control. These standards are focused on two principles: expectations of the actual organizational performance and assessment of organizational capabilities to provide high quality and safe health...

Objective To examine the association between compliance with consecutive cycles of accreditation and patient-related outcomes. Design A Danish nationwide population-based study from 2012 to 2015. Setting In-patients admitted with one of the 80 diagnoses at public, non-psychiatric hospitals. Participants In-patients admitted with one of 80 primary diagnoses which accounted for 80% of all d...