The evidence base for US joint commission hospital accreditation standards: cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the evidence upon which standards for hospital accreditation by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (the Joint Commission) are based.

Design

Cross sectional study.

Setting

United States.

Participants

Four Joint Commission R3 (requirement, rationale, and reference) reports released by July 2018 and intended to become effective between 1 July 2018 and 1 July 2019.

Interventions

From each R3 report the associated standard and its specific elements of performance (or actionable standards) were extracted. If an actionable standard enumerated multiple requirements, these were separated into distinct components. Two investigators reviewed full text references, and each actionable standard was classified as eit

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9215261 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature