Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health

Bates, D.W., Preventing Medication Errors. In Medication Use A Systems Approach to Reducing Errors (D.D. Cousins, ed.). Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 1999, pp. 57-73. 

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. 1998 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals. A.M.H Oakbrook Terrace, IL 1997. 

Joint Commission on Accreditation of health care Organizations (JCAHO) a private, not-for-profit organization that evaluated and accredits hospitals and other health care organizations providing home care, mental health care, ambulatory care, and long term care services. 

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has incorporated pneumococcal and influenza immunization rates into some of their quality standards. Patients admitted to a hospital for community-acquired pneumonia should be screened for, offered, and vaccinated with pneumococcal and influenza vaccines prior to discharge if not previously administered. In physicians office practice, all persons over 65 years of age who have been hospitalized in the past year should be screened for, offered, and vaccinated with pneumococcal and influenza vaccines if not previously administered. Both of these standards will affect payment if the standard is not met. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has also incorporated these standards into their accreditation reviews of health care facilities. 

Anonymous. 2003c. Performance Measures in Health Care. Washington, DC Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. 

Omission errors, incorrect doses, and prescribing errors were the top three causes of medication errors reported by health systems in 2002. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) tracks sentinel events submitted to it by accredited heathcare facilities. A sentinel event is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof. Table 16.3 lisfs fhe roof causes of medication errors reported by JCAHO-accredited organizations. ... 

In addition to specialty nursing accreditation bodies, the Joint Commission, formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), mandates specific areas in which health care institutions must ensure that employees are prepared. As part of the national emergency preparedness plan, JCAHO (2001) has mandated that all health care institutions be required to design and implement an emergency preparedness plan. In addition, each institution must establish an orientation and education program for staff and must conduct emergency preparedness drills at least twice a year. 

For-profit home infusion providers range from singlesite, private companies to multiple-site, million-dollar companies. All home care providers are licensed by the state and can chose to become accredited by several accrediting bodies (e.g.. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC), Community Healthcare Accreditation Program (CHAP)). Accreditation is a requirement for many insurance companies to serve as a provider for their members. 

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is a private, voluntary, not-for-profit organization that serves as a gatekeeper for health care quality and safety. Currently, more than 19,000 health care organizations in the United States and many other countries are JCAHO accredited. Since its earliest inceptions almost 50 years ago, JCAHO has striven to establish health care standards and performance measures. The mission of JCAHO is 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. 

Recently, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) announced the development and approval of new standards for pain management. These standards affect the management of both acute and chronic pain in all health care settings. These standards are included in the 2000-2001 accreditation manuals and are highlighted in this article because they offer numerous opportunities for pharmacists to participate in the pain management process. 

The USP Chapter 797 details the procedmes and reqnirements for compounding all sterile preparations inclnding PN formnlations. These standards will apply to aU health care settings in which sterile preparations are componnded and will be nsed by boards of pharmacy, the FDA, and accreditation organizations snch as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Componnded sterile preparations (CSP) are defined by risk level (high, medinm, low) based on the probabihty of microbial, chemical, or physical contami-... 

Among a variety of rewards recognizing her work in patient safety is the Patient Safety Initiative Award for Patient-Provider Communication Solutions, presented to Morath in 2000 by the National Patient Safety Foundation and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. She was the inaugural recipient, in 2002, of the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Award for Individual Lifetime Achievement. Before she joined the staff at Children s, Morath s experience in health care included clinical practice, consultation, academic work, and... 

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