What is JCAHO?
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of
safety and quality of care in all healthcare settings. Since 1951,
JCAHO accreditation has been recognized within healthcare as a symbol
of quality.
JCAHO’s governing board includes doctors, nurses, medical directors
and consumers. JCAHO sets the standards that measure the healthcare
quality in America and around the world. On a continuing basis, groups
of doctors, nurses, and representatives of national healthcare organizations
meet to review the standards for care and make recommendations for
additions and improvements to the requirements.
What does that mean to you?
What is accreditation?
Accreditation means that this outpatient facility has volunteered
to undergo a challenging, comprehensive evaluation. It has made a significant
extra effort to review and improve the key factors that can affect
the quality and safety of your care.
Accreditation by JCAHO is considered the Gold Standard in health care.
Hospitals have been evaluated by JCAHO for more than 50 years. This
facility is accredited just as the hospitals in your community are
accredited.
Doctors and nurses from JCACO personally visited this facility to
conduct a review and looked at how well the facility: