The Joint Commission Public Policy Initiatives

The Joint Commission is currently addressing the following public policy issues including, Nurse Staffing Crisis, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Department Overcrowding, Pay-for-Performance, Health Care Professional Education, Organ Donation, Tort Resolution and Injury Prevention...read more.

Health Care at the Crossroads Reports

• Development of a National Performance Measurement Data Strategy
• "'What Did the Doctor Say?:' Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety"
• Strategies for Improving the Medical Liability System and Preventing Patient Injury 
• Strategies for Narrowing the Organ Donation Gap and Protecting Patients
• Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Community-wide Emergency Preparedness Systems
• Strategies for Addressing the Evolving Nursing Crisis 

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Additional Resources

• A report from the Hasting Center - Improving Access to Health Care: A Consensus Ethical
  Framework to Guide Proposals for Reform
• Standing Together:  An Emergency Planning Guide for America's Communities *
• Surge Hospital:  Providing Safe Care in Emergencies *

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