In 2000, various JCAHO expert panels encouraged the process of revising and consolidating JCAHO standards related to medication use. In 2002, JCAHO announced changes to its accreditation process for ...

In response to the GAO report, a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill under which CMS could restrict or remove the authority of JCAHO to accredit hospitals. Senate Finance ...

We previously reported that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) lifted its ban on allowing health care providers to use texts for physician orders. JCAHO recently ...

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will continue data-mining operations for quality-improvement programs and may move forward with a controversial plan to require ...

As accreditation standards and procedures evolve to address contemporary issues, hospital pharmacies must remain aware of the changes and adapt accordingly to meet these requirements. A session at the ...

UC Davis Medical Center received its best-ever review by surveyors from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations after their site visit last week. "Every member of our team -- ...

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations on Thursday denied Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center's appeal of a preliminary denial of accreditation following "a year of ...

What a difference a year can make. Just over a year ago, the American Hospital Association was firing off strongly worded statements criticizing the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare ...

Funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, JCAHO has announced plans to begin testing a comprehensive list of nursing-related performance measures. The idea behind the testing is to ...

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has released a list of draft patient safety goals and requirements that may be included in the group's 2008 standards.