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In 2005, JCAHO founded an International Center for Patient Safety to collaborate with international patient safety organizations for identifying, developing, and sharing safety-related solutions, advocating public policy changes, and performing joint research. 

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Blood cultures must be obtained in all patients hospitalized with pneumonia to comply with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) pneumonia guidelines. Positive blood cultures are present in about 1 % to 20% of patients with CAP. 

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. 

In the United States, the important Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) defines quality as increased probability of desired outcomes and decreased probability of undesired outcomes. If a healthcare organization, or a unit of it, such as the clinical laboratory. 

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. 

Collaborative work toward error prevention with the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the National Coordinating council on Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP), the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), and dozens of other consumer and professional organizations. 

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. 

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)—JCAHO began providing accreditation services by focusing on hospitals more recently, its services have been expanded to provide accreditation services for a wide continuum of healthcare providers. In fact, JCAHO shifted its accreditation focus toward a continuous quality improvement (CQI) process and incorporated outcomes measures into the standards. Information on JCAHO and its standards can be found at www.jcaho.org. 

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. 

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)Illinois, U.S.A. Calvin J. Anthony / National Community Pharmacy Association, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. Edward P. Armstrong / University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A. 

Although Codman was ostracized and ridiculed by many, his proposals were nevertheless adopted by the American Surgical Society, but the eventual minimum standards for hospitals instituted after the First World War omitted two of the most crucial components the analysis of outcomes and the classification of error. The Minimum Standard ran until 1952, until it was overtaken by the formation of the organization that eventually became the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the largest accrediting body in the United States (Sharpe and Faden, 1998). 

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 1 Renaissance Blvd., Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. 

National Patient Safety Goals, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 1 Renaissance Blvd., Oakbrook, Terrace, Illinois, 2007. Also available online at http //www.jointcommission.org/ patientsafety/Nationalpatientsafety goals/07 npsg facts.htm. 

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. JCAHO Standards for Pain Management [referenced from the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals, Update 3,1999 (effective January 1, 2001)]. Available at http //www. texmed.org/has/prs/pop/jps.asp. 

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) created a new standard in the Leadership chapter that addresses disruptive and inappropriate behaviors in two of its elements of performance. First of all, there is an organization code of conduct that defines acceptable and disruptive and inappropriate behaviors. Secondly, leaders must create and implement a process for managing disruptive and inappropriate behaviors. 

Conduct a data review of all internal and external reports, including Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) sentinel event reports, ORYX and Core Measure performance data, and any reporting information from state and federal sources, including current literature. 

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