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Measures

The Joint Commission has successfully developed and nationally implemented many standardized core performance measures for hospitals. Learn about measures that are applicable for Accreditation and Certification for respective Measure Topics.
Measures

Specifications Manuals

Learn more about the detailed specifications used in Joint Commission accreditation and certification programs for electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) as well as Chart-Abstracted Measures.
Specifications manuals

Reporting 

Performance measures are essential to the credibility of any health care organization and are required of an accredited or certified organization. Learn about performance measurement requirements for Joint Commission’s Accreditation as well as Certification Programs.
Reporting requirements

Pioneers in Quality

Pioneers in Quality™ is program started in 2016 to assist Joint Commission-accredited hospitals on their journey toward electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) adoption and reporting. Learn about the details of the program and how you can participate to help further adoption of eCQMs.
Pioneers in Quality

Resources

Learn about the key communications and resources that are available from The Joint Commission’s performance measurement team including access to webinar recordings and content.
Measurement resources