...December 24, 2010 Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations In today’s world there are many industries affected by the tough economical times. However, the one industry that has not been drastically affected is the health care industry. No matter how many industries suffer from layoffs and budget cuts, the health care industry will always be safe. People will always need health services and procedures regardless of the current happenings of the world. But what if the health-care industry had no rules to follow and could choose to exercise any liberties wanted? What if there was no standard operating procedure? The health care industry could charge any price for any service renderable and patients/consumers would have to pay those rates. Besides with health care, who else would a patient turn to for care? Potentially having no laws for health-care could be a nightmare. Thank goodness, there are standard rules and regulations in place to ensure the health care industry provides proper treatment to patients with good customer service as well. The organization most widely recognized which governs hospitals and provides guidelines for standard operating procedure is The Joint Commission (TJC) formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The Joint Commission is a United States bases non-profit organization that offers accreditation programs for a fee to subscriber health care organizations and hospitals. Because...
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...Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Sandy Markert HCS/212 March 31, 2013 Corinne McTier Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or JCAHO was founded in 1951 as a private nonprofit organization that established guidelines for the running and management of hospitals and health care facilities in the United States. According to its website (n.d.), JCAHO’s primary mission is, “To continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.” Through its onsite surveys, JCAHO accredits approximately 20,000 healthcare programs and facilities each year nationwide. The groundwork for the establishment of JCAHO began in 1910 when Ernest Codman, M.D. recommended an “end result system of hospital standardization” (The Joint Commission, n.d.), a process in which patients were tracked to determine if the treatment they received while in the hospital was successful or not and thus could be used to treat similar cases. In 1913 the American College of Surgeons (ACS) was established and adopted Dr. Codman’s “end result” system and by 1918 it began inspecting hospitals. These initial surveys determined that only 89 of the 692 facilities it inspected at the time met the minimum...
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...abbreviation for Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is a non-for-profit organization that seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. It is an organization made up of individuals from the private medical sector to develop and maintain standards of quality in medical facilities in the United States. Although JCAHO has no legal enforcement power, and has no official connection to the US Government regulatory agencies, many medical facilities rely on JCAHO accreditation procedures to indicate to the public that their particular institution meets quality standards”(JCAHO). JCAHO and its policies have taken on a real importance in the medical field, despite the lack of official government sanction. The Joint Commission is an independent, private sector in the United States that administers accreditation programs for hospitals and other healthcare-related organizations. The Commission develops performance standards that address crucial elements of operation, such as patient care, medication safety, and infection control and consumer rights. Most state governments require that healthcare organizations be accredited by the Commission as a condition for licensing and Medicaid reimbursement. JCAHO evaluates and accredits approximately 18,000 health care organizations, including hospitals;...
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...Regulatory Agency Regulatory agencies ensure health care practitioners and facilities promote safety, legal compliance, and quality patient services. If health care were not regulated of if accreditation were not required patients would not have a sense of comfort and safety. The regulatory agency the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations commonly known as JCAHO, which “conducts periodic on-site surveys to verify that an accredited organization substantially complies with Joint Commission standards and continuously makes efforts to improve the care and services it provides” (The Joint Commission, 2010, p. 3). The JCAHO ensures that health care providers and facilities are maintaining the required standards of care in place by the regulatory agency. JCAHO is constantly improving the quality and safety of care provided in any health care facility. History of the Joint Commission of Health Care Organizations In 1910, Ernest A. Codman, M.D., found that many health care practitioners were practicing medicine that was outside their scope of training. It was then that he “proposed the end result system of hospital standardization. Codman thought that if hospitals were to track every patient and the patient were treated long enough it could be determined whether the treatment was effective and use the results to improve care” (2010, A Circular Century, p. 26). In 1913, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) was established and by 1917, the...
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...Joint Commission Meredith Hattaway Kapan University Joint Commission The role of the Joint Commission Accreditation is a process in which an entity, separate and distinct from the health care organization, usually non-governmental, assesses the health care organization to determine if it meets a set of standard requirements designed to improve quality of care. In other words, an accrediting body is an independent 3rd party that measures and rates the regulations, safety guidelines, and practices of a service or business—in this case, medical facilities. Think of it as a stamp of approval verifying the authenticity and quality of services. A restaurant in the US can’t open unless it passes certain health inspection codes, and a lawyer can’t begin practicing until he or she has passed a qualifying exam. The same is true with medical practitioners and facilities. They must demonstrate to accrediting bodies that they possess the personnel, resources, training, experience, and regulatory understanding to provide quality medical treatment to patients. Hospitals that lack accreditation are hospitals worth avoiding. However, JCAHO is not the only accrediting organization out there. There are agencies that focus on region, specialty, and country (healism.com). Which facilities can be accredited Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) has been accrediting Managed Care Organizations for more that 10 years....
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...Accreditation Options There are a variety of accreditation options that a medical management committee could choose from when considering their options for their healthcare organization to participate in. One consideration is whether to participate with a regionally or nationally accredited organization. Committee looking at their options are not only concerned about the healthcare organization. The patients they serve are also very important, as their expectations of the accreditations that are held by the organization they receive care in must be considered. The cost of the accreditation organization’s services, and what each bring to the table in terms of their processes and communication they deliver is vital. As of last year there are four accreditation options that are nationally recognized organizations that healthcare organizations can choose from if they are concerned with proving and demonstrating their compliance with the Medicare conditions of participation, they are: the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality, the Joint Commission, the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, and Det Norske Veritas Healthcare Inc.,’s program (Thompson, 2013). Healthcare organizations must consider their needs when determining which nationally accredited organizations to enter into agreements with. Thompson (2013) states, “The Joint Commission dominates the field. In 2010–11, the report states, 90% of hospitals with so-called deemed status obtained it from the Joint Commission...
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...Healthcare Regulatory Paper Joint Commission in Prisons Rein Denise Fox 06/04/2012 The health care industry has to have a good leadership foundation to carry out rules, regulations, and procedures. It is important for the success of any organization. In a healthcare organization, good leadership is more than just important; it is significant to the organization’s success. The Joint Commission is an organization which requires that the health care industry provides and maintains a safe environment for patients. If the health care industry does not have good leadership, the industry will suffer the consequences and not meet standards. The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) monitors health care organizations and ensures the facilities meet standards and then awards the facilities with accreditation. When the health care facility does not meet standards of JCAHO then the public will ponder on accreditation status and if the health care facility meets quality service; as well as standards of a safe environment. The paper will include the history of JCAHO, source of authority, structure, responsibilities, and its effects on health care. The paper will also include an example of the agency which carries out JCAHO duties. The Joint Commission was founded in 1951 and the organization’s mission is providing appropriate health care for the public, by evaluating, and inspiring the organizations to surpass in providing secure and valuable care...
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...Assignment 1-2: Accreditation by the Joint Commission Using a current Joint Commission Manual for any of the Joint Commission’s (JC) accreditation programs and the JC’s Website (www.jointcommissions.org) respond to the following questions. 1. List the accreditation programs and the types of facilities accredited by each accreditation program. * Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program – This accreditation program was established in 1975. Organizations accredited by this program are free standing ambulatory care organizations like surgical, medical/dental and diagnostic/therapeutic services in a variety of settings like, ambulatory surgery centers, military clinics, recovery care/short stay, sleep centers, teleradiology, telemedicine diagnostics, etc. Currently there are approximately 1,900 such organizations. In addition there is the Primary Care Home Medical Certification for Joint Commission accredited ambulatory care organizations. This certification focuses on care coordination, access to care, and how effectively a primary care clinician and interdisciplinary team work in partnership with the patient (and where applicable, their family). * Behavioral Healthcare Accreditation Program – This accreditation program began in 1975. Organizations providing services for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, mental health and chemical dependency. Some of these organizations are: Addictions Center, Crisis Stabilization (24-hour acute care setting), Outdoor...
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...The Joint Commission, also known as JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) refers to a private organization (not-for-profit) that evaluates, as well as accredits about 16,000 US-based health care organizations. Accreditation refers to a voluntary process in which accrediting bodies like the Joint Commission goes to a health facility to carry out quality, as well as processes checks (Healthfinder.gov., 2016). Although it could be older than this, the origin of the Joint Commission can be traced back to the establishment of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) back in 1913, which then proceeded to carry out unpaid onsite inspections of hospitals by 1918. In 1951, the American Hospital Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, as well as the Canadian Medical Association came together with the ACS to establish the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH). JCAH was founded as a self-reliant not-for-profit association whose main purpose was to deliver voluntary accreditation in order to fulfill the then stipulated minimum quality standards (The Joint Commission, n.d). Moving forward, it was in 1970 that the values of quality required for accreditation were modified in order to represent the uppermost achievable level. In 1987, JCAH was re-titled to become the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). It was then condensed into modern day The Joint Commission following...
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...The Joint Commission is a nonprofit organization that certifies more than 18,000 health care organization and programs throughout the world. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commission provides a national symbol of quality for health care as well as analyzes each organization’s commitment to meeting high quality performance standards. The Joint commission focuses on accrediting Acute Care Hospitals, ambulatory, behavior health, long term care, health care facilities, clinical laboratories, health care networks and hospice. Numerous of accreditation organization is also taking place within the United States, but the Joint commission remains the largest The Joint commission accredits 20,000 organization” which” one third are Hospitals. The joint commission is assigned a special task to improve health care by evaluating health care of organization as well as encouraging health organizations to provide safe and effective care at the highest level. The Joint Commission believes that the only way to improve the quality of health care is to join together with other stakeholders and evaluate each health care organization. The Stakeholder consists of 29 broad members of commissioner and cooperate members such as the American Hospital Association, and the American Medical Association. In this paper I will analyzes key topics such as the Joint Commission source and its scope of authority, the structure of the Joint commission and how its responsibilities. The Joint Commission Structure ...
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...Regulatory Agency Paper University of Phoenix HCS 430 October 22, 2012 This paper will better inform how the Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) came into existence. The JCAHO is responsible for the accreditation of healthcare organizations nationwide. JCAHO’s goal is to ensure that specific guidelines are meet and that the organizations operate in a safe manner for their patient’s and its employees. The Joint Commissioned Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) came along side of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) which established its program in the early 1900’s until 1952. This agency was responsible for on-site inspections of hospitals. Only a few hospitals meet the requirements of the minimum standard. The start up of JHAC was governed by Arthur W. Allen who sat on the chairman of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) (Saulf, 2005). In 1952 the ACS officially transfers its hospital Standard Program to JHAC this was the start of hospital’s accreditation. In 1953 JHAC publishes their standards for hospital accreditation. As time moves on congress passes the social security amendments in 1965 making this one of the hospital’s provision to be in compliance with the Medicare conditions for the hospital’s to participate in the program. In 1971 the accreditation for long term care is established. The social security act amended that the Secretary of the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) validate JHAC findings...
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...The Joint Commission As someone who recently entered the health care workforce with very minimal knowledge about the health care world, the Joint Commission seems like a viable choice to understand why this organization is important to the health care community. To understand why it is important to have the Joint Commission in the health care system is as simple as reading rules in a classroom on the first day. By understanding its history, the services it offers, and they serve can bring a brief glimpse into what The Joint Commission is about. The Joint Commission: Brief History The history starts with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), founded in 1913 and had developed the Minimum Standard for Hospitals manual and improved standard care within 30 years. With the help of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), they joined ACS as corporate members to form the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) in 1951 (Joint Commission History, 2012) . Its sole purpose is to provide voluntary accreditation. The Joint Commission is administered by a 32-member Board of Commissioners that includes physicians, nurses, educators, employers, administrators, and others to bring an assorted array of experience in public policies, health care, and business whom the corporate members appoint. By 1987, JCAH changed the name to Joint Commission on Accreditation...
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...The joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States. The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization that sets the standards and accrediting body for the nation since 1951. They maintain standards focused on improving the quality and safety of care provided by health care organizations. Joint Commission accreditation can be earned by many healthcare facilities. These include hospitals, doctor’s offices, nursing homes, office based surgery centers, behavioral health treatment centers, and home care providers. The Joint Commission also awards Disease Specific Care Certification to health plans, disease management service companies, hospitals and other care delivery settings that provide disease management and chronic care services. Benefits of Joint Commission accreditation and certification include: Strengthened community confidence in the quality and safety of care, treatment and services, Provides a competitive edge in the marketplace, improves risk management and risk reduction, Provides education on good practices to improve business operations, provides professional advice and counsel, enhancing staff education, enhances staff recruitment and development, it is recognized by select insurers and other third parties, and may fulfill regulatory requirements in select states. The Joint Commission has accredited hospitals for more than 50 years. The Joint Commission currently accredits...
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...Prevention Current Compliance Status for Joint Commission Accreditation Nightingale Community Hospital is committed to providing healthcare excellence, a healing environment and to be the choice for patient care. In order to continue to provide quality healthcare services in accordance with our values of safety, community, teamwork, and accountability Joint Commission Accreditation provides guidelines and standards for the Priority Focus Areas (PFA) for the welfare and quality of patient care. Infection control and prevention extends beyond treating the patient. It encompasses all who work and visit the facility including medical staff, administrative staff, volunteers, vendors, and visitors. Implementing activities and programs to control, treat, prevent and identify sources of infection will help ensure the overall satisfaction and quality of patient care. Based on previous fiscal year data Joint Commission has identified Infection Control as one of the PFAs. In order to be in compliance with the standards and guidelines of Joint Commission Accreditation five areas of Infection Control and Prevention have been identified: 1. The hospital implements its infection prevention and control activities, including surveillance, to minimize, reduce, or eliminate the risk of infection. 2. Comply with either the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines or the current World Health Organization (WHO) hand hygiene guidelines. 3. Implement...
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...Quality Oversight in Health Care Organizations HCA 497 Ms. Gloria Wilson September 17, 2012 Introduction A considerable amount of emphasis has been placed on the quality that is provided by the US health care system and substantial investments have been made for research to address the concerns that relate to health care quality. Promoting quality of care is essential for every person within healthcare organizations, from top-level management to non-clinical personal. The quality of care that is provided by every health organizations is not only the core of the whole health care industry, but the reputation of each health care organization (Baily, M., Bottrell, M., Lynn, J. & Jennings, B., 2006). According to the Institute of Medicine quality can be defined as “the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge” (Jost, 2003). The oversight of quality in healthcare is acknowledged as a main obligation to healthcare organizations. The purpose of this paper is to discuss organizations and or agencies that provide quality oversight; in addition to, other stakeholders and the role they play in health care. Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is a, not for profit organization that was established in 1951and evaluates and accredits more...
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