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All certified firms, as well as, firms seeking Joint Commission Certification for Health Care Staffing Services (HCSS), are required to use a set of three standardized performance measures in order to meet the performance measure requirements for certification. Detailed information on performance measurement and the standardized HCSS measure set is provided in this HCSS Performance Measurement Implementation Guide, 2nd Edition.
Questions about measure specifications or data collection for the standardized measures should be submitted to: http://manual.jointcommission.org
Section 1
Introduction and Background
Section 2
HCSS Framework
Section 3
Measure Information
- HCSS Performance Measures
- Measure Information Forms and Flowcharts
Section 4
Data Element Dictionary
- Introduction
- Data Element Dictionary Terms
- Alphabetical List of Data Elements
- Data Element Dictionary
Section 5
Data Collection and Data Reporting
Section 6
Data Collection Tools
Section 7
Sampling
Section 8
Data Utilization
Section 9
Glossary
Section 10
References
Appendix
- Overview of Measure Information Form
- Flowchart Symbols
- Performance Measure Data Report
Release Notes - March 2010