The health care industry's oldest, largest accreditation and certification organization is forming new partnerships and ...

Get ready for a change: The Joint Commission has announced it will now have ambulatory survey teams consisting of two surveyors, rather than one. The second surveyor will be a life safety code ...

Mary Pat Hall, RN, has been with The Joint Commission as an Ambulatory Care Accreditation program surveyor since May 2012. She previously was the Pontiac-based Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan’s director ...

Put nurses in charge of patient safety, says Joint Commission surveyor National Nurses Week or Month has to be more than a luncheon, a poster contest or even distributing hospital swag.

Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital have received The Joint Commission’s Health Care Equity Certification.

Since 1951, The Joint Commission has maintained state-of-the-art standards that focus on improving the quality and safety of care provided by health care organizations. The Joint Commission’s ...

FORT SILL, OK – Reynolds Army Health Clinic (RAHC) has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Ambulatory Health Care, Behavioral Health Care and Human Services, and Primary ...

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, accreditor of thousands of U.S. healthcare facilities, is rolling out a voluntary certification in sustainability as hospitals look for ways to combat climate change.

Patient falls at U.S. hospitals rose more than 20% as potentially deadly “sentinel events” increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, The Joint Commission says.

The Joint Commission, which accredits hospitals across the country, eliminated 55 administrative positions last week in its Oakbrook Terrace central office, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. The ...

The Joint Commission revealed Wednesday it is trimming down or revising numerous quality standards and freezing domestic hospital accreditation fees in 2023 “in recognition of the many ...