Health Care Staffing Services
March 19, 2010

Health Care Staffing Services Certification Program
Performance Measurement Implementation Guide - 2nd Edition


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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