The observation "the nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from" (Tanenbaum, 1981, p. 221) has been circulating in e-learning standards circles for some time. This statement certainly reflects the varied and complex nature of standards organizations and standards development processes. This paper provides an overview of standards and specifications bodies and processes ...

BACKGROUND Following the demise of Jordan's King Hussein bin Talal to cancer in 1999, the country's Al-Amal Center was transformed from a poorly perceived and ineffectual cancer care institution into a Western-style comprehensive cancer center. Renamed King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), it achieved improved levels of quality, expanded cancer care services and achieved Joint Commission Internati...

The development of digital video technology in the 1980s has made it possible to use digital video compression in various kinds of applications. The effort to develop standards for coded representation of moving pictures, audio, and their combination is carried out in the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). MPEG is a group formed under the auspices of the International Organization for Standar...

To develop this certification program, Joint Commission staff convened a perinatal care technical advisory panel of clinical experts for guidance on creating requirements for the evaluation of organizations seeking perinatal care certification. Field reviews, learning visits, and pilot surveys also helped staff learn the current state of perinatal care services, determine the concepts or proces...

IMPORTANCE Quality and safety of eyedrop use for patients treated in a health care setting play a vital role in the delivery of health care. OBJECTIVE To describe the development of a policy and procedural approach to the use of multidose eyedrops in multiple patients, approved and accepted by The Joint Commission in compliance with preferred practice standards in ophthalmology, the safe hand...

reapplied to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for deeming authority for accredited hospitals. In response to CMS’s winter 2014 and spring 2014 reviews of its application, The Joint Commission developed and revised several elements of performance (EPs) for hospitals and for rehabilitation and psychiatric distinct part units in critical access hospitals. The revisions, which are...

OBJECTIVE Characterizing and contrasting the current state of affairs concerning patients' rights-associated accreditation standards in a sample of drug-addiction treatment centers in Colombia. METHODS This was mixed methodology research (i.e. descriptive and hermeneutic); a pilot sample of 21 drug-addiction treatment centers in Colombia was used for determining the current state of patients'...

⁎ Correspondence to: K.R. Murphy, The University of Ne Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Tel.: +61 2 9385 5017; fax: +61 2 9313 8624. ⁎⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 443 482 2227; fax: E-mail addresses: [email protected] (K.R. Murphy), 1 International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Regio Windsor, ON, Canada N9A 6T3. 2 California State Lands Commission, Marine Invasiv Ave., Su...