ED Accreditation Update
Joint Commission offers free audioconferences
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is conducting free monthly one-hour audio conferences with Joint Commission president Dennis S. O'Leary, MD. The dates and topics for upcoming audioconferences are:
- Aug. 24: The Joint Commission's Public Policy Initiative on the Development of a National Performance Measurement Strategy;
- Sept. 27: Efforts to Enhance the Value of Hospital Accreditation;
- Nov. 1: Using Elements of the Accreditation Process as a Performance Improvement Tool.
All audioconferences begin at 2 p.m. EST. Information will be sent to accredited hospitals via listserv within two weeks before each call. A playback of each audioconference is available for up to two weeks following each.
Written transcripts of the audioconferences are posted on the "Jayco" extranet site and the Joint Commission web site (www.jointcommission.org/AccreditationPrograms/Hospitals/data_policies.htm). Transcripts of previous audio conferences include:
- June 28, 2006: Enhancing Access to and Utility of Data Available to the Public through Quality Check;
- May 31, 2006: Joint Commission Performance Measurement Requirements;
- April 27, 2006: The Joint Commission's Potential Receipt and Use of Case-Identifiable Data;
- March 23, 2006: Data Policy Decisions.
For more information, contact Cathy Barry-Ipema, chief communications officer, at [email protected].
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