title: Hospitals find probation by JCAHO not as bad as they had imagined.
abstract: When the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations began conditionally accrediting hospitals two years ago, hospitals projected dire consequences. But interviews with hospitals that have been put on probation for quality problems by the JCAHO show that all regained full accreditation and few suffered any significant financial hardships.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Greanias
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D014481:United States