Fact Sheet Categories

Corporate Fact Sheets

• 2009 Board of Commissioners
• Complaint Process
• Joint Commission International
• Joint Commission Resources
• Public Information Policy
• Public Policy Initiatives
• The Joint Commission
• The Joint Commission Officers
• The Joint Commission website for accredited organizations

Accreditation

• Accreditation and Certification
• Accreditation Decisions for 2009
• Accreditation Process Overview
• Accreditation Standards
• Ambulatory Care Accreditation
• Behavioral Health Care Accreditation
• Benefits of Accreditation
• Cooperative Accreditation Initiative 
• Critical Access Hospital Accreditation
• Early Survey Policy
• Federal Deemed Status and State Recognition
• Integrated Survey Process
• Home Care Accreditation
• Hospital Accreditation
• Laboratory Accreditation
• Lab Advantage
• Long Term Care Accreditation
• Office-Based Surgery Accreditation
• On-Site Survey Process
• Periodic Performance Review
• Priority Focus Process
• Review Hearing and Appeal Process
• Standards Improvement Initiative
• Strategic Surveillance System (S3)
• Tracer Methodology
• Unannounced Survey Process

Certification

• Accreditation and Certification
• Certification Decisions for 2009
• Disease-Specific Care Certification
• Health Care Staffing Certification  
• Primary Stroke Center Certification

Advisory Groups

• Advisory Groups
• Nursing Advisory Council  
• Patient Safety Advisory Group
• Physician Engagement Advisory Group  

Patient Safety

• Hospitals, Language and Culture
• Official "Do Not Use" List
• National Patient Safety Goals
• Patient Safety
• Quality Check and Quality Reports
• Sentinel Event Policy
• Speak Up Initiatives
• Special Quality Awards listed in Quality Reports®
• Universal Protocol

Performance Measurement

• ORYX®
• ORYX®  for Home Care Organizations
• ORYX® for Hospitals (National Hospital Quality Measures)
• ORYX® for Long Term Care 
• ORYX® vendors (also known as performance measurement systems)