Functional standards. The walls come tumbling down.
Hospital accreditation standards have changed from focusing on capability to actual performance and outcomes. This shift in emphasis requires organization leaders and staff members to make significant paradigm shifts. In this series of articles, the authors will discuss the functional standards for 1994-1995 and their implications.
Decker
P J
PJ
Organizational Improvement Systems, Bloomfield, CT.
Moore-Greenlaw
R C
RC
Strader
M K
MK
D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D014481:United States