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United States. Area served. World wide. Website. www.jointcommission.org. The Joint Commission is a United States-based nonprofit tax-exempt 501 (c) organization [1] that accredits more than 22,000 US health care organizations and programs. [2] The international branch accredits medical services from around the world.
Ernest Amory Codman, M.D., (December 30, 1869 – November 23, 1940) [1] was an American surgeon who made contributions to anaesthesiology, radiology, duodenal ulcer surgery, orthopaedic oncology, shoulder surgery, and the study of medical outcomes. [2] Codman was born in Boston Massachusetts.
Hospital accreditation has been defined as “A self-assessment and external peer assessment process used by health care organizations to accurately assess their level of performance in relation to established standards and to implement ways to continuously improve”. [1] Critically, accreditation is not just about standard-setting: there are ...
Hospital accreditation is required in order to be eligible for Medicare patient coverage. [2] Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) International [50] Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) - based in the United States [51] American Accreditation Commission International (AACI) - based in the United States.
Clinical peer review, also known as medical peer review is the process by which health care professionals, including those in nursing and pharmacy, evaluate each other's clinical performance. [1][2] A discipline-specific process may be referenced accordingly (e.g., physician peer review, nursing peer review). Today, clinical peer review is most ...
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is a not-for-profit organization meant to help healthcare organizations maintain their standards in patient care and comply with regulations and the healthcare environment. [ 1 ] Headquartered in Chicago, HFAP is an accreditation organization with authority from Centers for Medicare and ...
Flexner Report. The Flexner Report[1] is a book-length landmark report of medical education in the United States and Canada, written by Abraham Flexner and published in 1910 under the aegis of the Carnegie Foundation. Flexner not only described the state of medical education in North America, but he also gave detailed descriptions of the ...
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a professional association for health professionals involved in the health information management needed to deliver quality health care to the public. Traditionally focused mainly on hospitals and paper medical records, the field presently covers all health information technology ...