title: JCAHO introduces ORYX for outcomes-based accreditation.
abstract: With ORYX, healthcare organizations will have to report two measures of the quality of care provided 20% of its population. Can we interpret this as evidence of JCAHO's commitment to change? Critics say not yet.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: DeMott
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000145:classification*; D012984:Software; D014481:United States