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What are the jcaho standards for hospital accreditation. X this site uses cookies and other tracking technologies to assist with navigation, providing feedback, analyzing your use of our products and services, assisting with our promotional and marketing efforts, and provide content from third parties. The standard of healthcare accreditation standards. The joint commission is a united statesbased nonprofit taxexempt 501c organization that accredits more than 22,000 us health care organizations and programs. Jci accreditation standards for hospitals 6th edition. The portable 2016 hospital accreditation standards is lean and light and makes a perfect reference guide handy in meetings, for orientation and training, and as a practical overview of the joint commission s accreditation requirements. Joint commission international accreditation standards for. The joint commissions hospital accreditation recognized by cms. The essential guide to jcaho standard citations requirement s for. Through the support of the american college of physicians, american hospital association, american medical association, american dental association and the american college of surgeons, the joint commission has, for almost 60 years, been a national leader in driving. Aligning existing joint commission standards with daily work in order to engage. This book shows you how to comply with each condition of participation cop set forth by cms and highlights which requirements from the joint commission and other. Joint commission resources spiralbound 520 pages isbn10.
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