AHA Asks Joint Commission to Clarify Role

Joint Commission tools to prevent wrong surgery.

A Framework to Clarify the Role of Knowledge Management Systems

Knowledge management Systems (KMS) are IT applications that manage representations of organizational knowledge. This paper presents a conceptual model of KMS which adapts an artificial intelligence (AI) based view of knowledge. According to this view, knowledge can be defined in terms of agent, action, state, and goal. The conceptual model is intended to help differentiate the role of KMS from ...

Contribution of the International Joint Commission to Great Lakes Renewal

The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 established the International Joint Commission (IJC) as an organization designed to resolve disputes and to avoid conflicts over transboundary environmental matters. Article IV of the Treaty provides the provision that neither party shall cause pollution that would injure the health or property of the other side. In 1972, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreemen...

New Joint Commission center to take on wrong-site surgery.

Joint Commission planning to add more infection standards for 2010.