A Message from William E. Jacott, M.D.

Special Advisor for Professional Relations

Fellow physicians:

Welcome to the physician section of the Joint Commission website. I would like to encourage you to save this site to your favorites and visit often. 
Read more.   Dr. Jacott's Upcoming Schedule of Events.

What's New

• “Providing a Safer Environment for Health Care Personnel and Patients through Influenza Vaccination: Strategies from Research and Practice” (6/24/09)
• American Medical Association:  Model Medical Staff Code of Conduct (5/21/09) 
• Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence:  Overcoming the Challenges”  (4/14/09)

News

• This Month for Physicians  
• JCR Journal Articles - Updated 11/10/08
•  Sentinel Event Alert
• IN Sight
• Joint Commission research studies published in peer-reviewed publications  

Links

• Health Care Notification Network - a secure online service that delivers urgent patient safety alerts to healthcare providers
• Emergency Department Crowding: High-Impact Solutions
  ACEP Boarding Task Force  *
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions
• Nine Life-Saving Patient Safety Solutions 
• WikiHealthCare^TM

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Quality and Safety

• Physicians and The Joint Commission:  The Patient Safety Partnership
• "Improving America's Hospitals: Annual Report on Quality and Safety - 2008"
• "Do Not Use" List
• 2009 National Patient Safety Goals 
• Universal Protocol

Additional Resources

• Report a Complaint about a health care organizations
• Sentinel Event Statistics
• Standards Online Question Form
• Health Care Performance Measurement Initiatives – 2006
• 'Hospital of the Future' White Paper