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The Joint Commission Saves Lives
The Joint Commission is a global authority on quality and patient safety. Through best practices and rigorous standards, we work with health care organizations to improve how they deliver health care every day.
Media & Blog Highlights
Media Highlights
- Joint Commission to Review, Revise Quality Standards (Modern Healthcare | September 14, 2022)
- The Joint Commission’s Future (Hospitals in Focus | August 15, 2022)
- The Joint Commission to Add Health Equity Standards to Accreditations (Modern Healthcare | August 12, 2022)
Blog Highlights
- Evaluating the Prevalence of Leading Practices in Suicide Prevention (Improvement Insights | September 15, 2022)
- Is That Instrument Safe to Use on a Patient? (Ambulatory Buzz | August 30, 2022)
- Patient Blood Management: Benefits Patients, Hospitals and Communities (Improvement Insights | August 19, 2022)
,,By following Joint Commission standards, we have been able to reduce catheter infection rates in patients. By collecting metrics and looking at trends, we can pinpoint changes and quickly react to improve the patient outcome.,,
Barbara Prosser, RPh - Vice President, Clinical Operations - Soleo Health
,,Accreditation has made us better. We have seen not only an increase in continuous compliance, we have seen a decrease in our incidents. We have actually improved safety.,,
Linda Massaro - Director of Cdi Quality Institute - Insight Imaging
,,We fully attribute the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare’s Hand Hygiene Targeted Solutions Tool (TST) for the drop in our healthcare-acquired infection rates to zero or near-zero system-wide. This actually saves lives.,,
Michael Shabot, MD - Chief Medical Officer - Memorial Hermann Health System
,,The Joint Commission has helped us in our quest for zero harm. Their Targeted Solutions Tools … are so vital in our world. Having these resources available really does make a difference and impacts the care we are able to provide.,,
Ann Shimek - Vice President Clinical Operations - United Surgical Partners
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Supporting Research
More than 100 published studies document the positive impact of Joint Commission programs on improving health care.
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Collaboration
The Joint Commission drives collaboration through both its comprehensive, consultative approach to accreditation as well as its unique ability to serve as a convener of influential health care stakeholders focused on critical industry issues. We collaborate with government agencies, quality improvement organizations, professional organizations, health care associations and others across the nation every day to improve patient safety and quality of care.