Disease-Specific Care Certification

The Joint Commission’s Disease-Specific Care Certification Program, launched in 2002, is designed to evaluate clinical programs across the continuum of care.
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What's New

• DSC Update - Issue 2,  2009 (6/24/09)
• Standards FAQs for Primary Stroke Centers (5/19/09)

Certification Information

• Application for Certification
• Facts about Certification Decisions for 2009
• DSC Program Overview Guide* 
• 2009 Certification Fees *
• Disease Specific Care (DSC) Certification Review Process Guide

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Joint Commission Requirements

Your free resource for standards and policy revisions and requirements published in Perspectives.

• Joint Commission Requirements for Disease-Specific Care

Previous Teleconferences

Miss the Disease-Specific Care Certification for Advanced Certification in Heart Failure teleconference on May 7th? 

• Click here to download the slides. 
• To listen to a recording of the teleconference, click here.
  

Miss the Disease-Specific Care Certification for Joint Replacement Programs teleconference on December 15, 2008?

• Click here to download the slides.
• To listen to a recording of the teleconference, click here.

Certified Disease-Specific Organizations

• Search for a Joint Commission Disease-Certified Organization

Quick Links

• Performance Measurement
• Assessing the Quality of Care in Disease Management
• Publicity Kit for Certified Organizations

• Is your organization looking to become Disease-Specific Care certified?  Learn more.

Joint Commission Resources

For Disease-Specific Care publication and education programs posted on the Joint Commission Resources website, click here.

• Conferences and Seminars