title: Orion--shaping a new accreditation process.
abstract: In January, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations announced an Action Plan in response to criticisms leveled by the American Hospital Association. A key element of the plan is the Orion Project. Already in the planning stages, it was designed to test various accreditation process improvements. Here, two of JCAHO's leaders describe what Orion is and how it will work.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Bair
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Milner
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States