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Process
If your critical access hospital is considering accreditation, you probably have questions about the process and survey. Find answers to these questions here.
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Curious what your path to critical access hospital accreditation looks like? Here are some steps to guide you through the accreditation process with confidence.
The Joint Commission’s accreditation survey helps organizations improve the safety and quality of care and services. The process begins with an on-site survey that assesses compliance with Joint Commission standards.
Joint Commission surveyors are specially trained professionals with experience in the critical access hospital industry who understand the day-to-day issues that confront providers and have the hands-on expertise to help organizations resolve them.
On-site surveys involve:
Tracing the patient’s experience, which involves observing services provided by various caregivers and programs within the organization, as well as hand-offs between them
On-site observations and interviews
Assessment of the physical facility
Review of documents provided by the organization
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