title: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
abstract: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations was founded in 1951 as a private, not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits hospitals and other healthcare organizations. In 1987, the JCAHO launched its Agenda for Change to create a more modern and sophisticated accreditation process to place primary emphasis on actual performance. Coincident with this new emphasis, a number of task forces were established, including two for infection control standards.
authors.affiliation: Department of Performance Measure Development, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-4813.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards; D006075:Governing Board / Q000458:organization & administration; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States