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Article: JCAHO to shift to unannounced surveys by 2006.(MEDSURG MINUTE)(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)(Brief Article)
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- MedSurg Nursing
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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The Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations announced its intent to begin conducting all regular accreditation surveys on an unannounced basis beginning in January 2006. Unannounced surveys will be pilot-tested in volunteer organizations during 2004 2005.
The Joint Commission introduced a substantially new accreditation process in January 2004. This process was widely discussed with accredited health care organizations. The proposal to transition to unannounced surveys was a direct outgrowth of those discussions.
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, was the first hospital in the country to seek a ...