Virginia's top health official told members of the state's Joint Commission on Health Care that the Department of Health has ...

The revisions affect 56 of the Joint Commission’s more than 250 standards, which go beyond federal regulations. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the update, Perlin said.

The Joint Commission expects to see the rate of noncompliance diminish as hospitals migrate to electronic medical records. 5. Lacking a sufficient performance improvement plan.

The Joint Commission unveiled the second tranche of its planned accreditation standards reduction, which will become effective Aug. 27. More than 200 standards will be either eliminated or ...

The Joint Commission announced that hospitals and other healthcare organizations will no longer be required to provide evidence of COVID-19 vaccine compliance to be accredited by the commmission.