To continuously improve the quality and safety of care provided to the
public, the Joint Commission is:
Committed to continually enhance the value of its accreditation and certification programs.
The Joint Commission strives to ensure that these programs are patient-centered, data-driven, relevant, and integral to the performance improvement activities of health care organizations.
Committed to developing, utilizing, and maintaining valid and reliable performance measures.
These measures are needed to support a contemporary accreditation process and the dissemination of meaningful comparative performance information for the public.
Committed to ensure that the accreditation process is publicly accountable.
The Joint Commission makes meaningful and useful information about the performance of accredited organizations available to the public.
Committed to making patient safety an imperative in all accredited organizations.
This is accomplished through the Joint Commission standards and policies and through collaboration with other patient safety leadership organizations.
Committed to addressing pressing public policy issues that impact the quality and safety of health care.
The Joint Commission convenes thought leaders and subject-matter experts to develop public policy recommendations that address barriers to improving health care quality and patient safety.