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Joint Commission News

01/15/2012	Atlanic Health System Online Video Segments Seek to Demystify Pallative Care for Patients and Families
06/21/2011	Travel Nursing Jobs on the Rise
06/20/2011	Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Grand (in Chicago) Opening
06/18/2011	Continuing Education Requirement in Pennsylvania
06/18/2011	Advanced Certification for Palliative Care Programs
06/08/2011	Accountable Care Organizations
06/08/2011	Medicare Shared Savings Program
09/13/2010	The Joint Commission Launches Targeted Solutions Tool
06/03/2010	Joint Commission Alert: Violence Rising at Health Care Facilities
01/26/2010	Joint Commission Addresses Pregnancy Deaths
01/04/2010	Glen Cove Hospital Is First in New York State to Earn Inpatient Diabetes Certification
11/11/2009	Language Access Education Effort
10/15/2009	2010 Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals
08/05/2009	Joint Commission Campaign Encourges Parents to Speak Up
07/08/2009	Joint Commission Made Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospital Accreditation
06/24/2009	Joint Commission Offers Seasonal Flu Strategies
06/08/2009	Joint Commission Considers New Proposed Requirements for Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, & Patient-Centered Care
02/03/2009	JCR and The Joint Commission to Host Emergency Preparedness Conference
04/25/2008	Countdown to 2009: Free electronic manual
03/24/2008	Study Shows That Over Half of Nurses Are Bullied
01/16/2008	JCAHO Offers Conference on Reducing Waste & Improving Efficiency in Health Care
12/20/2007	2008 Ernest Amory Codman Award application and new website
12/10/2007	Coming soon to Quality Check®: CMS 30-day mortality measures
12/01/2007	Elimination of track record requirements and Early Survey Policy -Option 2
11/15/2007	Six countries meet on WHO’s “High 5s” Project to improve patient safety in hospitals
11/05/2007	The Joint Commission recipients of 2007 Ernest Amory Codman Awards
10/20/2007	Free Joint Commission audio conferences
10/05/2007	Free JCR audio conference on Assessing Organizational Capacity for Change
10/01/2007	Quality Check® now includes organizations not accredited by The Joint Commission
09/07/2007	Continental Nurses Awarded Certification from the Joint Commission
09/04/2007	Joint Commission awarded WHO contract to test ICPS
09/01/2007	The Joint Commission Annual Conference set for November 12-14 in Chicago
08/01/2007	Free audio conferences
07/05/2007	Journal of Healthcare Management study: Joint Commission accreditation ‘key predictor’ of hospital patient safety system implementation
03/31/2007	The Joint Commission’s Updated Sentinel Event Statistics
03/18/2007	The Joint Commission seeks examples of hand hygiene measurement methods
02/20/2007	Study indicates that patients’ broad definition of medical errors’ can undermine satisfaction with care
12/04/2006	Joint Commission Seeks Input On Potential National Patient Safety Goals
12/04/2006	The WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety (Solutions), the World Alliance for Patient Safety and the Commonwealth Fund, Announce Action on Patient Safety (High 5s) Initiative