Achieving JCAHO accreditation in a university student health center.
Of the approximately 1,500 colleges and universities in the United States, only approximately 100 university student health centers are accredited by either of the two major ambulatory healthcare accreditation agencies. The accreditation process can be daunting. We found few examples in the accreditation literature that assisted us in our endeavor. This article is designed as a primer to assist college health center administrators in achieving accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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University Student Health Services, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298, USA. bjohnson@hsc.vcu.edu
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D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003625:Data Collection; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D019451:Information Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D007857:Leadership; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010559:Personnel Management; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States; D014768:Virginia