title: Beyond JCAHO: using competency models to change healthcare organizations. Part 2: Developing competence assessment systems.
abstract: In 1996, JCAHO required hospitals to assess, prove, track, and improve the competence of all employees. This article is the second part of a review of the concept of competency assessment and the implications of meeting and exceeding the JCAHO standards. Part 1 (in the previous issue of Hospital Topics) provided the theory of competence assessment, the current situation in JCAHO surveys, and an overview of the problems inherent in competency assessment. This part puts competence assessment in the context of quality improvement and provides the details of developing competence assessment systems.
authors.affiliation: University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Strader
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wise
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States