SII - Phase II - Proposed Revisions

Click on the link below to view the Proposed Revisions for the following chapters and programs:

• Human Resouces (HR) chapter for the Behavioral Health Care, Laboratory and Long Term Care programs
• Environment of Care (EC) chapter for the Behavioral Health Care, Laboratory and Long Term Care programs

2009 Accreditation Requirements Chapters: Pre-Publication Preview

The standards previously posted on this page have been removed in anticipation of the release of The Joint Commission’s E-dition—the electronic standards manual. All Joint Commission accredited organizations will receive one complimentary single-user license E-dition for each of their accredited programs. E-dition may be upgraded to provide unlimited concurrent access at an organization. More information about E-dition is available from Joint Commission Resources, the official publisher of The Joint Commission, at www.jcrinc.com/e-dition or (877) 223-6866.

Note:  The Home Care chapters and the Hospital Leadership Chapter will remain on this site until the March 2009 update publishes.  

• Home Care
• Hospitals

The Joint Commission reserves all its copyright protections to these posted 2009 standards.  In particular, without limiting its other rights, The Joint Commission absolutely prohibits the seizing of these standards for inclusion in products for sale, unless the seller has specific written permission from The Joint Commission to do so.

• Video:  Standards Improvement Initiative:  New Standards (Click on your internet connection speed to watch vidoe) 56K Video | 300K Video - New 9/17/08 
• Video:  Introducing the Standards Improvement Initiative (Click on your internet connection speed to watch video)  56K Video | 300K Video
• The Joint Commission Perspectives, Special Issue, August 2008: 
  Improving the Accreditation Process: Countdown to 2009 (Requires Adobe Reader)

Standards Improvement Initiative Timetable

The timetable for the release of the new standards, manuals and scoring information follows:

• July 2008:   Standards will be posted to The Joint Commission website
• August 2008:  Scoring information will be posted to the website (Posted 8/14/08)
• September 2008:  Hard copy manuals will be available for Phase 1 programs (ambulatory, hospital, critical access hospital, home care, office-based surgery)
• November 2008:  Hard copy manuals will be available for Phase 2 programs (behavioral health care, laboratory services, long term care)*
• November 2008:  Single-user access to E-dition (electronic manuals) will be available for all accreditation customers*

* For Phase 2 programs (behavioral health, laboratory, long term care), some changes and features will be available in the 2010 manuals and E-ditions since SII improvements are still occurring during 2009.