Group process and success in meeting the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations review.
Attention to and use of group process with hospital staff can contribute significantly to success in preparing for and passing a review by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Group format, key elements, stages of group development, factors to facilitate group work, and the role of the leader are addressed.
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Edith Nourse Rogers Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA 01739.
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D006126:Group Processes; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000592:standards; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D007857:Leadership; D008404:Massachusetts; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*