JCAHO Clinical Indicators Study

SHEA and JCAHO: partners in science.

In the 1980s, there were dramatic changes in the United States healthcare delivery system. All interested parties began to demand greater efficiency and more objective evidence of the quality of care. It became clear to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) that its historical primary focus on the structures and processes of care could assess the capability o...

JCAHO survey: being ready every day.

JCAHO issues 2005 Patient Safety Goals.

Clinical indicators: development and applications.

Clinical indicators give an indication of the quality of the patient care delivered. They must comply with highquality standards and should be constructed in a careful and transparent manner. Indicators must be relevant to the important aspects of quality of care. There should be adequate research evidence that the recommendations from which they are derived are related to clinical effectivenes...

JCAHO accreditation and quality of care for acute myocardial infarction.

We examined the association between JCAHO accreditation of hospitals, those hospitals' quality of care, and survival among Medicare patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction. Hospitals not surveyed by JCAHO had, on average, lower quality (less likely to use aspirin, beta-blockers, and reperfusion therapy) and higher thirty-day mortality rates than did surveyed hospitals. However, th...