Joint Commission 2026 National Performance Goals require hospitals to align staffing decisions with patient safety and clinical needs continuously.

From aligning national safety frameworks to launching new training tools, The Joint Commission is kicking off 2026 with moves that signal a continued shift toward simplification, accountability and ...

Effective January 1, 2026, the Joint Commission introduced its inaugural National Performance Goals (NPGs), replacing the ...

The Joint Commission has proposed new accreditation requirements to help hospitals address effective communication, cultural competence and patient-centered care, according to a Joint Commission news ...

The Joint Commission released a statement on pain management, focusing on the opioid epidemic in the United States. Some have blamed The Joint Commission's pain standards for the over-prescription ...

The Joint Commission is weighing in on the rapidly moving subject of AI in health care with responsible use guidelines that cover everything from policies, validation, monitoring, interpretation and ...

On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, The Joint Commission announced that, effective January 1, 2023, it is eliminating 168 (or 14%) of its accreditation standards across its accreditation programs, and ...

The Joint Commission will review and analyze each of its quality standards with an eye toward revising or eliminating measures to better focus on patient safety and support overwhelmed healthcare ...

The Joint Commission—the health care industry's oldest, largest accreditation and certification organization—is taking bold steps to modernize its standards and processes. Since early May, the ...

OAKBROOK TERRACE - The Joint Commission Wednesday said it is eliminating 168 standards and revising 14 others across its accreditation programs to streamline requirements and make them as efficient ...

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