Disease-Specific Care Certification

Our certification program for disease management services is a natural culmination of The Joint Commission's extensive experience in evaluating health care organizations across the spectrum of care – hospitals, PPOs, health plans, IDNs, long term care, assisted living, behavioral health care, laboratories, ambulatory care and home care. Read more.

What's New

• Stroke Performance Measurement Requirements, Effective January 1, 2008 (9/18/07)
• Standardized Stroke Measure Set (Harmonized Measures), Effective January 1, 2008 (9/18/07)
• Stroke Performance Measurement Implementation Guide, 2nd Edition (9/18/07)

Certification Information

• Application for Certification
• Facts about Disease-Certification
• DSC Program Overview Guide* 
• 2008 Certification Fees *

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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

Quick Links

• 2008 DSC National Patient Safety Goals
• Performance Measurement
• DSC Update
• 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.

Certified Disease-Specific Organizations

• Search for a Joint Commission Disease-Certified Organization

Joint Commission Resources

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

• National Conferences
• DSC Seminars