title: JCAHO accreditation. Is it necessary?
abstract: Many hospital leaders question the need for accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Unhappy with the JCAHO and its accreditation process, hospital executives are looking at alternatives. State and federal governments, managed care organizations and hospitals monitoring themselves all have the potential to replace accreditation. This article looks at these alternatives from a nursing perspective.
authors.affiliation: Palmerton Hospital, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory